In the dead of night, in the pouring rain, a drunk driver smashes his car into a young man. He abandons the body at the side of the road, but the incident will set in motion a chain of events which will change his life forever. Soon Chief Inspector Van Veeteren, will face his greatest trial yet as someone close to him is, inexplicably, murdered. Paperback , 256 pages Published April 1st 2012 by MacMillan Hardback Omes (first published 1999)