Eliza is a gallery curator, preparing the final touches on an exhibition she's hosting of a former lover's work, "The Triumph of Death". The exhibition, when it opens, is somewhat overshadowed by the body of a woman, found in the nearby canal. As the police investigation commences, Eliza becomes chilled by the strange parallels between the body in the canal, the death of her friend's daughter several years before, and even with the exhibition itself.

This was an excellent and creepy mystery - almost all the characters have secrets to hide, and most of them aren't terribly nice. I really liked Eliza's reflections on the artwork, and thought that all the relationships in the book were handed very well - there are no too-easy happy endings here.