An English colonel is found dead in his bathtub-hours before he intends to confess.
The marks on his arms suggest murder. A crucial page is missing from his statement. And everyone inside his secluded coastal home has something to lose.
A wife who knew.
A daughter summoned from England.
A lawyer who wanted him silenced.
And a mother whose son died ten years ago in an accident that may not have been an accident at all.
Commissioner Lucien must uncover what Edward Harcourt was about to reveal-and who killed him to keep it buried.