About the book: 2011 / Hilary Bonner is a recognized master of the English detective story, author of a dozen novels; at one time headed the British Crime Writers Association. Before her successful writing career began, Bonner worked for many years on the editorial staff of one of Britain's leading newspapers, the Daily Mail, and thoroughly studied the journalistic kitchen... In the early 1980s, crime reporter Joanna Bartlett covered the investigation into the grisly murder of a seventeen-year-old girl. The investigation into the case of the criminal, nicknamed the Dartmoor Beast, was led by a young police detective Fielding, who managed to arrest the suspect, but due to lack of evidence, the court returned an acquittal, and a dark stain remained on Fielding’s reputation. I had to say goodbye to hopes for a brilliant career. Twenty years later, this story unexpectedly received its continuation, and Fielding, provided that Joanna agreed to help him, had a chance to restore justice, and at the same time his professional reputation. Will the criminal be overtaken by belated retribution, and is Fielding the only one obsessed with the desire to get even for a past defeat, obsessed with a thirst for revenge and justice - at any cost?.. The author gives unexpected, sometimes shocking answers to these questions.