Bestselling author Anthony Horowitz teams up with eccentric detective Daniel Hawthorne once again in a new mystery, the second installment after "The Word is Murder." They delve into the murder of a prominent divorce lawyer and the death of his former friend just a day earlier.

British Empire Medal-winning writer Richard Price, a famous divorce lawyer, is found brutally murdered, his head smashed with a £2,000 wine bottle, and the mysterious number 182 written on the wall beside him. Detective Daniel Hawthorne is called in to investigate, bringing Anthony Horowitz along, who reluctantly steps into Hawthorne's world to document the case.

Beneath Price's pristine public image lies a web of deception, betrayal, and revenge. As they trace the threads through literary circles and Price's past secrets, they encounter a maze of lies.

24 hours before Price's murder, a finance manager, an old friend and fellow cave exploration survivor, is found dead under a train, prompting Horowitz to question whether it was one murder or two.

When the killer's identity is revealed in an unforgettable climax, readers are stunned not just by the clever solution, but by the realization that the dead are not the only ones hiding secrets.