Author P.D. James's tireless Scotland Yard commander Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden) is knee-deep into another series of mysterious deaths in this crime caper. Dalgliesh is dispatched to investigate the murders of a number of employees at a publishing house. Soon, he discovers a twisting string of clues -- involving family rivalries, bizarre love triangles and private tragedies -- that he must unravel to discover the killer.