<p><font><b>Now a major Channel 5 series</b></font><br><br>''The Queen of Crime.'' <b><i>New York Times</i></b><br><br>When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into a private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring scar, she has every prospect of a successful operation and the beginning of a new life. But won''t leave Cheverell Manor alive. Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate the murder, and later a second death, which raises far more complicated problems than merely the question of innocence or guilt . . .<br><br>''An exercise in impeccable detection.'' <i><b>New York Times</b></i><br><br>''James¿s skill as a yarn-spinner gives plenty of suspense to this intriguing mystery.'' <i><b>Financial Times</b></i></p>