Cuando su padre cae enfermo, Rhoda Comfrey regresa a su Kingsmakham natal para hacerse cargo de él, pero su vida en Londres continúa siendo un misterio para sus antiguos vecinos. Esta circunstancia resultaría del todo irrelevante si...
Wessex is retired -- or would be, if murder and danger would only leave him alone.
The impossible has happened. Chief Inspector Reg Wexford has retired. He and his wife now divide their time between Kingsmarkham and a coachhouse in Hampstead...