Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt’s cottage on Monksmere Head. However, all hope of peace is soon shattered by murder. The mutilated body of a local crime writer, Maurice Seaton, floats ashore in a drifting dinghy to drag Adam Dalgliesh into a macabre investigation.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2010
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Pages: 288
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780571253357
ISBN 10: 0571253350