When murder strikes close to home, Dr Ruth Galloway is determined to find justice - without ending up in the firing line herself. **'One of the most cinematic finales in recent crime fiction'Daily Telegraph ** Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist, spends a lot of time looking at death. But now death has found her, with the news that her long-time friend and ex-colleague Dan Golding has been killed in a house fire. Ruth's grief soon turns to suspicion of arson when she receives a desperate letter from Dan, sent the day before he died. He had made a ground-breaking discovery that he was sure would change archaeology forever - and was petrified of the consequences.