Twenty-eight-year-old virtuoso violinist Gideon Davies has lost not only his memory of music but also his ability to play the instrument he mastered as a five-year-old prodigy. All he can remember is a single name: Sonia.

Then, one rainy evening, Gideon's mother Eugenie travels to London for a mysterious appointment. But before she is able to reach her destination, a car swoops out of nowhere and kills her in the street.

In pursuing Eugenie's killer, Lynley and Havers come to know a group of people whose lives are inextricably connected by a long-ago death, a trial, and a prison sentence handed down as retribution for a crime no one has spoken of for twenty years.

The tenth novel in the best-selling Inspector Lynley mystery series

About the Author
Elizabeth George is the author of highly acclaimed novels of psychological suspense. She won the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel awards in America and received the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere in France. In 1990 she was awarded the prestigious German prize for international mystery fiction, the MIMI. Her novels have now been adapted for television by the BBC. An Edgar and Macavity Nominee as well as a New York Times and international bestselling author, Elizabeth George lives on Whidbey Island in the state of Washington. Visit Elizabeth's website at www.elizabethgeorgeonline.com

Reviews
Absorbing . . . the pleasure of the book is the slow, surprising and often shocking unravelling of the various links between the main characters * The Times *
A long and absorbing read that will please lovers of the traditional crime novel * Scotland on Sunday *
First-rate suspense with a stunner of an ending * Booklist *



Book Information
ISBN 9781444738391
Author Elizabeth George
Format Paperback
Page Count 816
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 554g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 129mm * 52mm