sentences:  In a cul-de-sac just off the main road of a sprawling West Country port, a prostitute has been found naked and strangled in her bed.While the local police pass it off as just another sex crime, Wycliffe isn't so sure, partly because the victim, Lily Painter, isn't a typical lady of the night; she enjoys Beethoven and has a variety of degrees to her name.Furthermore, when the detective begins unearthing her past he discovers shady connections with smugglers and property speculators.