Deputy Aitat Commiioe Chalie Hillia i killed o the ight of hi etiemet paty. Hillia wa at oe time a eio office i Oxfod ad wa i fact Moe' bo. He wa alo witig a book about hi mot memoable cae, icludig oe about the uolved death of a 8-yea-old gil ome 18 yea ago. The upect i that cae, Fedeick Redpath, wa at Hillia' houe the day he died ad that chapte fom the maucipt i miig. Thee ae othe upect howeve, icludig Hillia' ghot wite who will ow eceive all of the book' oyaltie; a hadyma who wa wokig o the popety; ad Redpath' daughte, who kew the little gil who wa killed all thoe yea befoe. Moe come ito coflict with with a colleague DCI Dawo, who wa oe of Hillia' potégé, a they agai look ito the little gil' death.