Detective Chief Inspector Sloan and his assistant, Detective Constable Crosby, are called in to investigate the theft of a valuable painting from the old manor house of Tolmie Park just before the estate goes up in flames, but their search for a thief is complicated by the discovery of a grisly pile of bones in the...
The first message sent to Tom Thorne's phone was just a picture - the blurred image of a man's face, but Thorne had seen enough dead bodies to know that the man was no longer alive. But who was he? Who sent the photograph? And why? While the technical experts attempt to trace the sender, Thorne searches the bulletins for a reported death that matches the photograph. Then another picture arrives.