When the wife of a prominent QC is found dead at the bottom of a well, Inspector Thanet discounts accidental death. Virginia Mintar was no angel - her outrageous flirting knew no bounds and made her many enemies. But which one took that final step? Who wanted her dead and gone?
Thanet and his partner Mike Lineham find their investigation hampered by a morass of family secrets. Who was Virginian's current lover? What could her mother-in-law possibly have to hide?
Distracted by anxiety over his own daughter's pregnancy, Thanet needs to pull out all the stops if he is to succeed in disentangling this complex web of infidelity, blackmail and a family's emotional tug-of-war.
