Trying once again to find himself after the loss of his beloved wife, murdered at the threshold of their home, detective Thomas Linley takes a lonely trip along the Cornwall coast. On the forty-third day of his journey, he finds the body of a young climber on the shore—he had died from a fall off a cliff. But soon it turns out that the fall was not accidental, and the local police begin an investigation. Linley automatically becomes one of the suspects as the person who discovered the body. Under suspicion is also a young woman whose house stands not far from the scene of the incident—and who, for some reason, hides the fact that she knew the deceased.
Linley is forced to cooperate with the police to get to the truth.
Elizabeth George is an outstanding master of the detective novel. Her work has won recognition from readers around the world, including in Russia. Her books are published in million-copy print runs, become the basis for television films, and receive prestigious literary awards.