When Cordelia Gray is hired to protect the actress Clarissa Lisle from death threats, she expects a straightforward assignment. She must simply ensure that the forthcoming production of The Duchess of Malfi, at Courcy Island off the Dorset coast, goes ahead without a hitch.Clarissa is, however, the wife of a retired general with right-wing sympathies. As the case unfolds, the identity of her secret enemy begins to emerge and the horrors of the island's mysterious past return to impinge on the present.Marking the return of Cordelia Gray, The Skull beneath the Skin is a complex mystery in the best traditions of the classical English detective story.
