Scotland Yard's Richard Jury and his sidekick Melrose Plant converge on a northern fishing village to sniff out clues on a killer and his victim...

Summary

Stacked against the cliffs on the shore of the North Sea and nearly hidden by fog, the town of Rackmoor seems a fitting place for murder. But the stabbing death of a costumed young woman has shocked the close-knit village. When Richard Jury arrives on the scene, he's pulled up short by the fact that no one is sure who the victim is, much less the killer. Her questionable ties to one of the most wealthy and influential families in town send Jury and the horse-shy Melrose Plant on a deadly hunt to track down a very wily killer.