A multiple Macavity Award winner and nominee for the Edgar and the Agatha awards, Deborah Crombie has won wide acclaim for her thrilling mysteries starring Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid. In this 14th entry in the series, the long-time partners' wedding celebration is cut short when a fellow officer-and Olympic rowing hopeful-fails to return from a training session. Gemma and Duncan are brought in to investigate, but the case proves deadlier than either could have imagined.