Trying to find himself again after the loss of his beloved wife, murdered on the threshold of his own home, detective Thomas Linley takes a lonely journey along the coast of Cornwall. On the forty-third day of his journey, he finds on the shore the body of a young rock climber who died in a fall from a cliff. However, it soon becomes clear that the fall was not accidental, and the local police begin an investigation. Linley is automatically considered a suspect as the person who discovered the body. A young woman, whose house is not far from the scene of the incident and who for some reason hides the fact that she knew the deceased, is also under suspicion. Linley is forced to cooperate with the police to get to the bottom of the truth. Elizabeth George is an outstanding master of the detective novel. Her work has won recognition from readers all over the world, including in Russia. Her books are published in millions of copies, become the basis for television films, and receive prestigious literary awards.