For her last case, Venetia Aldridge defends Gary Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, for one more chance to triumph in a distinguished career as a criminal lawyer. But the case sets in motion a chain of events as terrifying as they are unpredictable. And when, four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead at her desk in her Middle Temple chambers, Dalgliesh and his team are called in to a case that promises to as sensitive as intriguing…
