Over the years there have been several unsolved, apparently motiveless murders in the town of Kingsmarkham, and Wexford (as a young policeman) quietly suspected that the increasingly prosperous Targo -- van driver, property developer, kennel owner, and animal lover -- was behind them. Now, half a lifetime later, Inspector Wexford spots Targo back in Kingsmarkham after a long absence.

Pip está atormentada por los dos casos de asesinato que resolvió, por las víctimas, por la atención que atrajo su podcast sobre crímenes y por los sobrevivientes, lo cual ya es bastante malo. Pero entonces, empieza a sentir como si alguien la estuviera mirando. Pippa Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the two murder cases she solved, by the victims, by the attention her crime podcast garnered, and by the survivors, which is bad enough. But then,...