In the affluent London street of Paragon Walk, an unspeakable and baffling crime is committed: a young woman is raped and murdered. The elegant masks of the aristocractic suspects begin to slip, and it becomes appallingly clear that something ugly lurks behind the handsome facades of Paragon Walk. There appear to be no clear clues to follow. Is it the work of a madman? Is it a game of the idle rich that got out of hand? Charlotte Pitt's personal connection to one resident enables her to ask the questions nobody wants to hear...and this leads to a shocking revelation.