The young maid from a rich house was too smart, too beautiful and too cunning. She knew too much—and wanted too much. Her murder did not seem strange to the experienced detective Adam Dalgliesh - all family members and even their neighbors hated the murdered woman. However, it does not seem that any of them could decide to commit such a terrible crime. The corpse of a brutally murdered woman is discovered in the basement of an expensive psychotherapy clinic. Experienced investigator Adam Dalgliesh, leading the investigation, soon realizes: the crime could have been committed by almost any employee of the clinic, behind the respectable façade of which lies a labyrinth of dark passions, intrigues and ambitions. Never before had Dalgliesh lost a fight with criminals. But this time the killer is not inferior to him either in determination or intellect - and always goes one step ahead... The first two novels from the series “Inspector Adam Dalgliesh”