In this "treat for mystery lovers” (USA Today), the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, and Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum. Dalgliesh is also a streaming series starring Bertie Carvel—now in its third season!
Two men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew’s Church, Paddington. Their throats have been brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a recently-resigned government minister; the other is a homeless man known only as a local alcoholic.
Their deaths will be the first case for Commander Dalgliesh’s new team, who have been tasked with investigating crimes of particular sensitivity. But as the Berowne family’s veneer of prosperous gentility begins to crack and Dalgliesh uncovers more about the dead men, he struggles to keep his customary objectivity.
Can he get to the bottom of the ugly and dangerous secrets swirling this case in time to prevent yet another death?
“A first-rate detective novel, but it goes beyond that fine achievement to another realm. . . . An intricate, compassionate novel.” —The Boston Globe