Adam Dalgliesh, a charismatic police commander, investigates the case of Rhoda Gradwyn, a forty seven year old journalist murdered after a visit to the plastic surgeon to remove an old scar, and discove
Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called upon to investigate when one of the trustees of a small, family-owned museum devoted to the interwar years in England is found murdered shortly after expressing his intention to close the institution.