Severn House, 1998. When Polly Turnball takes a job as a cleaner at a gym, she gains confidence, friendship and a genuine sense of purpose. But events take a turn for the worse when an elderly man is brutally murdered in a nearby flat. This time last year . American close braille.
Henry discovers computer files chronicling the owner's private thoughts and regrets.
Visiting relatives arrive and they, too, are trying to cope with life's losses. Then another tragedy strikes at summer's end. American close braille. The body of Harvard-dropout Jay Santorski was found in the harbour. Although the chief seems to suspect foul play, he doesn't appear to be giving Merry all of the case details.