The twenty-second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.

Wexford had almost made up his mind that he would never again set eyes on Eric Targo's short, muscular figure. And yet there he was, back in Kingsmarkham, still with that cocky, strutting walk. Years earlier, when Wexford was a young police officer, a woman had been found strangled in her bedroom. Although many had their suspicions that her husband was guilty, no one was convicted. Another woman was strangled shortly afterwards, and his instinct told Wexford that the killer was still at large. And that it was Eric Targo. A psychopathic murderer who would kill again...