Περίληψη: | A hideous scream pierces the calm of the evening psychotherapy session. The body of a woman lies sprawled in the basement of the Steen Clinic, a chisel thrust through her heart.
Superintendent Adam Dalgiesh, gently relaxing at a literary party close by, hurries over to investigate the murder. What are the secrets hidden behind the unassuming facade of the Georgian terrace? Is the killer a patient or a crazed healer? The motives lie thick as Dalgliesh probes beneath the unruffled surface of the clinic and uncovers a labyrinth of intrigue. Now, for the first time, he feels unsure of his own mastery, as if opposed by an intelligence equal to his own- and a murderer set to strike again
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