The scientists who work at Hoggatt's laboratory are all experts in violent death, accustomed to the smell of the mortuary. Now the brutal murder of one of their own brings Adam Dalgliesh hurrying from Scotland Yard to the fens of East Anglia, where a murderer is waiting to strike again. Review  "P.D. James is unbeatable." -- The Ottawa Citizen "P.D. James is a remarkable writer." -- Ruth Rendell "Shines with lucidity and firm intelligence." -- Newsweek "A craftsman with a poet's vision... she not only detects evil but attempts to uncover the more elusive -- and enduring -- enigmas of the human psyche that lead to it." -- Time