Elena, a young, flamboyant Cambridge student, the daughter of a professor nominated for a prestigious post, is found bru... (more)
Elena, a young, flamboyant Cambridge student, the daughter of a professor nominated for a prestigious post, is found brutally murdered on an isolated jogging path. Frustrated by a rarefied world in which academic gowns hide murderous intentions, New Scotland Yard's Detective inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner Sergeant Barbara Havers sift contradictory clues to Elena's elusive character. (less)