The Scar on Rhoda Gradwyn's Face Was to Be the Death of Her ...When the Notorious Investigative Journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, Books Into Mr Chandler-Powell's Private Clinic in Dorset for the Removal of a Disfiguring and Long-Standing Scar, She Has Every Prospect of a Successful Operation and the Beginning of a New Life. but the Manor Holds a Secret and Deadly Enemy. While She Lies Drowsily Recovering From the Anaesthetic a White-Shrouded Figure Stealthily Enters Her Bedroom and Within Minutes Rhoda is Dead. Dalgliesh and His Team, Called in to Investigate the Murder, and Later a Second Equally Horrific Death, Find Themselves Confronted With Problems Even More Complicated Than the Question of Innocence or Guilt.