This is the second Ken McClure book I have read in as many weeks and like Past Lives is fast paced and a real page turner.
It begins like the previous reviewer has said with a confession of the real killer of a young girl and the hero of the book Dr Steven Dunbar has to work out why he has confessed and how the convicted killer came to be so convicted and why he had so much overwhelming evidence against him.
Working out who is responsible is difficult and there are a lot of complicated clues, which for the more intelligent discerning reader, are pure joy. This book, more than any other I have read in some time (and believe me I have read quite a number) is a real informative clueful joy, I would go as far as to say it is like verbal sedoku if there was such a thing.
I highly recommend it, but warn you, you won't be able to put it down so don't start reading it at midnight!!!