'Ann Cleeves is a gifted recruit to the traditional detective novel...and on her current form will continue to command attention...At her best she is already exceptional.'- B.A. PIKE, TWENTIETH CENTURY CRIME AND MYSTERY WRITERS. When she finds her Aunt Ursula's body slumped lifeless on a sofa in her lonely cottage, Molly Palmer-Jones and her husband begin to piece together a picture of Ursula's last days. However, even the Palmer-Jones' professional expertise doesn't prepare them for what is to follow, and many secrets must surface before a killer can be brought to justice.