In the basement of an expensive psychotherapy clinic, the body of a woman brutally murdered is discovered.
The experienced investigator Adam Dalgliesh, leading the case, soon understands: the crime could have been committed by practically any member of the clinic—behind its respectable façade lies a labyrinth of dark passions, intrigues, and ambitions.
Dalgliesh has never had to lose a fight with criminals. But this time, the killer does not give in to him in either decisiveness or intelligence—and it seems, takes a step ahead…