'Fascinating and complicated.' Val McDermid. A man’s body washes up on the beach. It looks as if he threw himself from a lighthouse - but was it suicide, or something more sinister? Detective Inspector Berenice Killick is used to dealing with minor complaints like parking tickets and lost property, so when she is offered the case she jumps at the chance. She soon discovers that the dead man was Murdo Macguire, a physicist, and that he and his colleagues were carrying out top secret work on particle collisions. When more of the scientists are found dead, in the same place and manner as Macguire, it looks like someone has a vendetta against the project. But what were the scientists working on? And will someone kill to find out - or to prevent the science being revealed? As she delves deeper into the mystery, Berenice must fight to get her voice heard in a police department run by men - and she must learn to trust her instincts if she is to have any chance of solving the case. What is it that the murderer is Dying to Know? Berenice must find out before it is too late... "I found this book riveting - I really liked the mix of science and thriller and found it really hard to put down." Peter James Praise for Alison Joseph's 'A rich, multi-layered novel that's more than just a crime novel.' Belfast Telegraph 'Instilled with an urgent sense of the complexities of urban existence.' Birmingham Post. Alison Joseph is a London-based crime writer and radio dramatist. She is the author of the series of novels featuring Sister Agnes, a contemporary detective nun based in South London, and has written numerous plays for radio, including the adaptations of Simenon's Inspector Maigret series broadcast on BBC Radio 4. She is currently chair of the Crime Writers Association.