Mairead Carty

Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh has been on leave following the death on duty of a member of his team, DS Sarah Hillier. His superiors order him back to work to investigate the murder of the Director of the Steen Clinic, which specializes in psychiatric cases.

Television interviewer George Grant, renowned for his ability to get at the truth, is at the peak of his career. But when he receives a message at his office that his wife needs to see him urgently - a matter of life and death - his life is irreversibly altered. And so the frantic search begins for George Grant 's truth - and his wife.

A reserved schoolteacher battles against family conflict when he falls in love with the 'wrong' young woman.

Meslektaşları Komiser Doug Kersey ve Komiser Lucy Lane ile birlikte çalışan Başkomiser Charles Wycliffe, dikkate değer kararlılığı ve klinik seviyede doğruluğu ile Cornwall'daki cinayet vakalarını araştırmaktadır.