On a cliff edge overlooking the North Sea, a quadriplegic woman in a wheelchair has been murdered. And, miles away, in a storeroom in the Maze, a young woman lies sprawled on a heap of leather scraps. She too has been murdered. Their bodies are discovered at about the same time that DI Annie Cabbot, on secondment to the Eastern Area force, wakes with a severe hangover in the bed of a young man she barely recognizes. From these three strands, Peter Robinson weaves his latest complex and compelling story.