Peter Robinson puts Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks onto a crime that has thrown a small town into upheaval, revealing lies and secrets that have nowhere to hide... He had seen crimes just as brutal in London, but somehow the murder of a teenage girl seemed more shocking to Detective Chief Inspector Banks in the village of Eastvale. Deborah Harrison was found in the churchyard behind St. Mary's, strangled with the strap of her school satchel. But Deborah was no typical teenager. Her father was a powerful microelectronics financier who ran in the highest echelons of industry, defense, and classified information. And Deborah, it seemed, enjoyed keeping secrets of her own, taunting her friends with teasing smiles that said I know something you don't. A harmless game among school chums - but positively deadly in the company of a killer...