As the country bakes under the relentless summer sun, a young doctor is found brutally murdered at his home in a picturesque Cambridgeshire village. Is his death connected to his private life - or his professional one? As Detective Sergeant Ferreira and Detective Inspector Zigic begin to painstakingly reconstruct his last days, they uncover yet more secrets and more suspects. A brilliant and intelligent police procedure for fans of Ian Rankin.