Publisher's Synopsis
When the snow thaws on London's Hampstead Heath after a harsh winter, a ghoulish discovery is made that marks the start of a very dangerous case for Detective Inspector Harry Vicary. The body of a man is found on top of a shallow grave containing the battered remains of a young woman. There are no suspicious marks on his corpse and he appears to have frozen to death in a case of misadventure. But what is his connection to the remains below? Vicary's investigation leads him deep into London's criminal underworld, a world in which life is cheap and everything has its price, and where he must risk the life of one of his officers, if he is to solve the case...
