MysteryLarge Print Edition* A New York Times Bestseller* A Book-of-the-Month Club Main SelectionElizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre . . . the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published. Entertainment WeeklyBalford-le-Nez is a dying seacoast town on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the towns small but growing Asian community is found dead, the sleepy town ignites. Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers arranges to have herself assigned to the investigation, but this time, shell have to solve the crime without her longtime partner Detective Inspector Lynley. Havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but the terrible price people pay when they deceive others and themselves.
