On the threshold of Thomas Knight’s home—an English literature teacher and a lover of Shakespeare—an absolutely unfamiliar woman is murdered. On the very same day, a former student asks Knight to consult him about a Shakespeare play that many specialists consider long lost. And a couple of days later, Thomas’s house is also targeted by robbers.
When the dead body of his student is found on the riverbank, Knight starts suspecting that everything happening is a chain of linked events. Realizing that the police are of little help, Thomas decides to begin his own investigation. But as soon as he starts, he suddenly realizes—in horror—that time is working against him…