Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small star as a mismatched New Scotland Yard team of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. An avant-garde play is being read at a Scottish country house, during the evening the playwright is brutally murdered. Unhappily for Lynley, his own beloved Helen is one of the subjects and perhaps he allows his feelings to cloud his judgement.
- ISBN10 0553057014
- ISBN13 9780553057010
- Publish Date 1 August 1989
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 18 October 2003
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
- Imprint Bantam USA
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 312
- Language English