Zagadochnye ubiystva proishodyat v Dome Naytingeyla - uchebnom zavedenii v samom tsentre Anglii, gde gotovyat sester miloserdiya. Neulovimyy prestupnik zhestoko raspravlyaetsya s devushkami, prizvannymi oblegchat chuzhuyu bol i stradaniya. Pohozhe, on pytaetsya dokazat: luchshee lekarstvo ot vseh bolezney - smert. . .
Adam Delglish smozhet ostanovit ubiytsu, tolko esli sumeet proniknut v taynyy mir Doma Naytingeyla - mir skandalnyh strastey, seksa, nasiliya i. . . styda.