On a remote beach in Pembrokeshire, DCI Alice Liskin meets the retired business man, John Thorpe, who has discovered the body of a young woman with a crushed skull. The body fits in as number 3 in a series of identical murders, and she soon finds out that Thorpe is more involved than it first appears.
Alice and her team struggle with the lack of identities and motives. The only obvious connection between the murders is Thorpe.
Towards the end, Alice Liskin is left with some astonishing evidence. She finally discovers the truth, and is left with a dilemma ...
The Lost Puppeteer carries on the tradition of Scandinavian mystery novels, but is set in the UK.