Three Mysterious Murders. Two Suspicious Suicides. One Deadly Secret.

A reckless move in a drug raid leaves Commander Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard badly wounded and with time off. When he arrives to visit a friend at Toynton Grange, Dalgliesh thinks he is on vacation. Instead, he finds himself facing an eerie and dangerous challenge when a string of mysterious deaths catapult him dead center into a maze of mystery, blackmail and murder. Suspects abound, but there is only one witness - the brooding black tower at the top of the cliff.

Roy Marsden is Dalgiesh, a smart detective with a poet's soul - observant, intelligent, intuitive and caught in a diabolical scheme that may threaten his life.