Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
415 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Description
The setting: the bleak coast of East Anglia, where atop a sweep of low cliffs stands the small theological college of St. Anselm's. On the shore not far away, smothered beneath a fall of sand, lies the body of one of the school's young ordinands. He is the son of Sir Alred Treves, a hugely successful and flamboyant businessman who is accustomed to getting what he wants-and in this case what he wants is Commander Adam Dalgliesh to investigate his son's...