Now a major Channel 5 series'The Queen of Crime.' New York TimesTwo men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington, thier throats brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently-resigned Minister of the Crown, the other an alcoholic vagrant. Dalgliesh and his team, set up to investigate crimes of particular sensitivity, are faced with a case of extraordinary complexity as they discover the Berowne family's veneer of prosperous gentility conceals ugly and dangerous secrets.
'Compulsive . . .
heart-pounding suspense.' Sunday Times'Splendidly suspenseful . . .
A triumph and a treat.' Guardian
