An Orthodox Jew is shot in the head, and whilst Tempe Brennan is trying to make sense of the fracture pattern, a man slips her a photograph of a skeleton, telling her it holds the answer to the victim's death Detective Andrew Ryan is also on the case and, they try to discover the identity of the victim and the significance of the photo Tempe follows the trail of clues all the way to Israel where she learns of a shroud and a tomb that may have held the remains of Jesus's family But she seems to be putting herself in danger