When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible--and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. With the police focusing on one of the suspects, Strike and Robin delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them...


蘿蘋．艾拉寇特收到一個神祕包裹，赫然發現裡面竟是一條女人的斷腿。蘿蘋的老闆，私家偵探柯莫藍．史崔克雖然那麼驚訝，卻提高了警覺。史崔克回想過去交手過的對象，有四人極可能是幕後黑手，且每一個都有辦法做出如此冷血駭人的暴行。警方已鎖定其中一名嫌疑犯，史崔克與蘿蘋則選擇一起踏入黑暗、扭曲的世界，追捕其他三人。但隨著越來越多可怕的事件發生，兩人已經沒有多少時間……