After much tragedy, Jack Taylor finally experiences contentment, with a new woman in his life and a comfortable apartment—until a wealthy Frenchman asks him to investigate the murder of his twin sons. Jack is meanwhile roped into looking after his girlfriend's nine-year-old, and in this 14th installment in Ken Bruen's Shamus Award-winning series (after The Ghosts of Galway), he must also contend with a vigilante who is called "Silence"—because he's the last thing his victims will ever hear.