When the body of local journalist Lionel Hughes is found in the Kent countryside, it looks like a suspicious death. The criminal side of policing is no longer Jane Perry’s job, so once she has told CID what she knows about the dead man her involvement seems to be over. She has other things on her mind anyway; her boyfriend wants her to give up police work altogether, get married, start a family... Then Lionel’s widow cries murder and Jane is asked to interview a suspect in France. And there is another death. The arrival of Detective Superintendent Rogalleh points to a new and much more dangerous interpretation of the facts. It takes a third killing before they are sure what they are facing and soon Jane is an integral part of one of the most chilling investigations of her career. They need to penetrate the dark psyche of a killer who enjoys murder... But for all Rogalleh’s experience and Jane’s reawakened talents, the odds seemed heavily stacked against them. And they need to trap their man before he decides to kill again.