About the book: 2004 / Elena Weaver, a Cambridge student, is killed while jogging. During the investigation, it turns out that the girl was pregnant. Who could hate the victim to such an extent as to deal with her so cruelly? A stepmother who is jealous of her stepdaughter for her husband, an unlucky young lover who does not want to become a dad, a teacher who is afraid of being caught having an affair with a junior student, a “non-university” guy who is accidentally offended by a young “bracket”? Inspector Lynley and his assistant Barbara Havers can't come to a consensus for so long that delay becomes dangerous..