No one is more protective of their past than Detective Chief Inspector James Thaw. Where did he come from before he was reassigned to Tolland Valley? Why is there no record of his prior service of a police officer? When details of his past, details he has tried to keep secret from the world, are used to try to destroy him, it is up to Detective Sergeant Kevin Friday to take over the investigation that will save him. Soon Friday is caught between trying to help save Thaw and finding a brilliant killer. As the investigation takes one surprising turn after another, Friday becomes more and more committed to saving Thaw from not just the person hiding in the background pulling the strings, but from Thaw himself. This is the eighth book in the Chief Inspector Thaw series.