Balford-le-nez is a dying seatown on the coast of essex. But when a member of the town's small but growing asian community, a pakistani named Haytham Querashi, is found dead near its beach, his neck broken, sleepy balfor...Balford-le-nez is a dying seatown on the coast of essex. But when a member of the town's small but growing asian community, a pakistani named Haytham Querashi, is found dead near its beach, his neck broken, sleepy balford-le-nez ignites. And working solo, without her long-time partner detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, sergeant barbara havers must probe not only the mind of a murderer and a case very close to her own heart, but the terrible price people pay for deceiving others.and themselves.