Dalgliesh, Masterson and the new detective Kate Miskin, whom Charlie clearly mistrusts, investigate the double cutthroat murder in a London parish church of a local vagrant alcoholic and recently scandal-retired MP Sir Paul Berowne, discovered by a devout but clueless crone and the clever, parental neglected urchin Darren Wilkes, who holds back a button he found on site. The team focuses on the MP's family, headed by Lady Barbara Berowne, including colorful in-laws.
—KGF Vissers