Carol Morley follows up The Falling with this Martin Amis adaptation. When an astrophysicist (Mamie Gummer) is found dead, Patricia Clarkson's homicide cop is sent on the trail of the killer, taking in telescopes, serial killers and strange encounters with the demimonde in New Orleans. This existential detective story is an ambitious and enigmatic tale that mixes the cosmic with the terrestrial to highly creative ends.