"The corpse of a beautiful woman, clad only in a bathing suit, is found on a popular Sussex beach. When she is finally identified, it turns out she was a criminal profiler who had been working on the case of a serial killer. And though she was a Bath resident, the authorities don't want Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond to investigate her murder. Why not?"--P. [4] of cover

"Another One Goes Tonight [is an] impeccably constructed mystery featuring the unpredictable but ever-entertaining Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond...there are plenty of red herrings to sniff out and misdirections to blindly follow. A classic whodunit."  —The New York Times Book Review 
En route to investigate a late-night disturbance, a patrol car spins off the road, killing one of the cops...