The fifth Catrin Sayer Mystery.
Catrin Sayer is back in art crime investigation, in the 'elite' Art and Antiques Unit at New Scotland Yard. As she joins a major investigation into an international art crime ring, a senior Home Office bureaucrat sends her to a village in mid-Wales. She is to resolve 'quietly' an issue around a painting found in the home of a recently deceased judge.
As she balances the competing caseload, a deacon at the local church comes into her sights. John Farrell had been open about his past life of crime and imprisonment when appointed at St. Deiniol's. But is there more? Bit by bit, between events in London, Dubai and a small village in Wales, Sayer unravels the secret of the painting and the burden still carried by the Powys deacon.