Alongside Detective Sergeant Havers, DI Lynley’s inquiry into the sudden death of celebrated cricketer Kenneth Waring leads him deep into a tangled web of personal relationships, compelling him to disregard established procedure.

The tensions between Lynley and Havers deepened to their breaking point as they pursued an investigation into a kidnapping and murder, a case entangled with the hidden offspring of a Member of Parliament and a newspaper editor.

Returning to his family’s Cornish estate to mark his engagement to Helen, Lynley found himself confronting the familiar complexities of his relationships with his relatives. The occasion was swiftly eclipsed, however, by a murder discovered…

The discovery of a young Asian man’s body on the beach at Balford-le-Nez initiated a police inquiry tangled with racial animosity, complex family bonds, and hidden desires. With Lynley enjoying a honeymoon in Peru, Detective Sergeant Havers…