A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.
In 1979, on the cusp of Margaret Thatcher's victory, sees Commander Adam Dalgliesh takes on three highly sensitive cases - from a remote seminary already mired in scandal, to a wealthy family under political attack, and to a spate of killings at a nuclear power station.