Dave Gurney, el protagonista de la primera novela de John Verdon, Se lo que estas pensando, vuelve para enfrentarse al caso mas dificil de su carrera, una batalla con un adversario implacable que no solo es un inteligente y frio asesino, sino que no tiene reparos en atacar directamente al punto debil de Gurney: su esposa. / Dave Gurney, a few months past the Mellery case that pulled him out of retirement and then nearly killed him, is trying once again to adjust to his country house when he receives a call about a case so seductively bewildering that the thought of not looking into it seems unimaginable. this time his beloved wife, Madeleine, would become a target.