Chernaya bashnya

Kordeliya Grey – nachinayushchiy chastnyy detektiv. Ee pervoe delo – rassledovanie obstoyatel'stv gibeli Marka Kellendera, trup kotorogo byl obnaruzhen v zagorodnom dome. Policiya schitaet, chto yunosha pokonchil s soboy v sostoyanii depressii – neozhidanno brosiv universitet, on uekhal za gorod i ustroilsya rabotat' sadovnikom. Odnako Kordeliya ubezhdena: Marka ubili. Rassledovanie zavodit ee vse dal'she v labirint zaputannyh otnosheniy sem'i Kellender i tshchatel'no skryvaemyh tayn proshlogo, v kotoryh i sleduet iskat' motiv ubiystva…Smert' provincial'nogo svyashchennika Beddli vyglyadit vpolne estestvenno… no opytnyy detektiv Adam Delglish podozrevaet, chto eto ubiystvo. Odnako komu i zachem ponadobilos' lishat' zhizni pozhilogo cheloveka?Vskore Delglish prihodit k shokiruyushchemu vyvodu: ubiystvo ego druga – lish' zveno v cepi zagadochnyh smertey, k kotorym prichasten bezzhalostnyy ubiyca.