A masterpiece of paranoia, this novel draws readers inexorably into a fractured and faithless world as it brilliantly confirms Frieda Klein (BLUE MONDAY) as a quintessential heroine for our times. A London social worker makes a routine home visit only to discover her client, Michelle Doyce, serving afternoon tea to a naked, decomposing corpse. With no clues as to the dead man's identity, Chief Inspector Karlsson again calls upon Frieda for help. She discovers that the body belongs to Robert Poole, con man extraordinaire.