About the book: 2005 / The literary world of London is shocked by a mysterious murder! The corpse of a leading employee of one of the largest publishing houses in England is discovered right at his workplace... Experienced investigator Adam Dalgliesh begins an investigation - and immediately understands: the murdered man managed to make many enemies, and everyone had motives to commit a crime. A jilted lover... An insulted writer whose novel was rejected... Offended colleagues... The list of suspects is getting longer and longer. But only one of them is guilty.Who?