This Adrian Burton murder mystery provides the context in which Rowan Rolf meets the legendary detective. Not only does he work with him, he becomes his partner. As he gained experience as an investigator, under the tutelage of Detective Sergeant Burton, he still clung to the tenuous hope that one day he would find out what happened to the attractive young rock climber he briefly encountered. For someone who had stumbled though life he now was fixated on this one bewildering tragedy. Was he too emotionally involved to think clearly about what happened? His conviction that Nikki was murdered would be severely tested when Adrian Burton set about to apply his unique skills to the case which had plagued his partner. Rowan would face his phobias and the shortcomings of his life in an investigation which would define his future.