Movie Description:
The story is set in St.Anselm`san Anglican theological college on a desolate stretch of the British coast- line. When the body of one of thestudents is found on the shore smotheredby a fall of sand his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard should re-examine the verdict of accidentaldeath. Commander Dalgliesh spent time at St. Anselm`s as a boy and so agrees to pay a visit.Instead of a nostalgic return to old haunts and straightforwardexamination of the evidence given at the inquest, he finds himself embroiled in one of the most horrific and puzzling cases of his career. Othervisitors come to the college onthe weekend of his arrival.Among these is Emma Lavenham avisiting lecturer from Cambridge University who stirs emotionshe thought he had shut away. Before the weekend is over, one of these visitors will be dead.
