Mysterious murders occur at Nightingale House—a training school in the very center of England where sisters of charity are prepared.
An elusive criminal brutally kills the girls tasked with easing others’ pain and suffering.
It seems he’s trying to prove that the best cure for all diseases is death…
Adam Dalgliesh will be able to stop the murderer only if he manages to enter the secret world of Nightingale House—the world of scandalous passions, sex, violence, and… shame.