When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Dalgliesh must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts resulted in murder.
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Downloadable audio file.
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Unabridged.
Duration: 9:14:08.
"An Adam Dalgliesh mystery"--Cover.
"A Touchstone book."
Originally published: London : Faber & Faber, 1963.