"Two men welter in blood in the vestry of St. Matthew's Church, Paddington, their throats brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently resigned Minister of the Crown, the other is an alcoholic vagrant. Dalgliesh and his team, set up to investigate crimes of particular sensitivity, are faced with an exceptionally challenging case as they discover the Berowne family's veneer of prosperous gentility conceals ugly and dangerous secrets." --
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