PublishedFaber Paperback, February 2019 |
ISBN9780571350742 |
FormatSoftcover, 656 pages |
Dimensions19.7cm × 12.7cm × 3.7cm |
Winner of the CWA Crime Awards Silver Dagger
Two men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington, thier throats brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently-resigned Minister of the Crown, the other an alcoholic vagrant.
Dalgliesh and his team, set up to investigate crimes of particular sensitivity, are faced with a case of extraordinary complexity as they discover the Berowne family's veneer of prosperous gentility conceals ugly and dangerous secrets.