A psychological detective novel by Batya Gur (1947–2005), written according to classic genre conventions. In a kibbutz—a community where everyone knows everyone else and considers themselves one family—a woman is murdered, and the killer can only be a member of that family. Inspector Michael Ohaiyon, a steady character in the author’s work, must plunge into a complex, far from idyllic, and even harsh world of a closed community in order to uncover the criminal’s identity.