Balford-le-Nez is a dying seaside town on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town's
small but growing Asian community is found dead near its beach the sleepy town ignites.
Working without her long-time partner Detective Inspector Lynley Sergeant Barbara Havers must
probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart but also the
terrible price people pay for deceiving others . . . and themselves.
