Guru Aslan leads a contemplative life at his spiritual retreat, The Retreat, in the Caribbean. Until one morning, he is found dead in a tea house after his daily deep meditation. Five participants were present with him, all claiming to have been deeply immersed in their meditation. A case for Detective Inspector Richard Poole! The Brit was transferred to the Caribbean island against his will and is still struggling with his fate: the unbearable heat and the laid-back attitude of his local colleagues. And now Poole has to deal with unhelpful witnesses who would rather tell him about their auras than their alibis. Determined to track down the murderer, Inspector Poole soon finds himself on the hot trail, and he will neither rest nor relax until he has found him.