After a visit to the dentist Del unwisely makes a date with the comely receptionist Beverley, but, on Rodney’s advice, cancels it. After Del has got drunk and been responsible…

Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James’s indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he’s investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom…