“Lovesey takes his hero to emotional places he’s never been before while constructing a plot of infernal ingenuity.” —The New York Times Book ReviewDetective Superintendent Peter Diamond is confronted with a crime that comes too close to home. His beloved wife has been killed, apparently just the most recent victim in a series of murders of police spouses. Despite his superior's orders to leave the solution of this crime to other members of the force, he is determined to find the killer himself.