It is high summer, and Virginia Mintar, wife of a prominent QC, wanders away from a garden party to cool down in the pool. She never returns – her body is dredged up from a well on her estate the next morning.
Inspector Luke Thanet and his partner, Sergeant Mike Lineham, quickly discern that Virginia’s scandalous behavior had earned her the rage of family, friends, and lovers. But who had finally been driven to kill her?
