Chief Superintendent Frances Harman has been assigned to investigate the case of a woman beaten into a coma. Elise has been in a coma for two years and if the hospital switches off her life support now her attacker will be guilty of murder. Fran faces overload as she takes on more responsibilities - her elderly parents Elise a child abduction the disappearance of her only witness and the growing affection that she and her long-time colleague Mark Turner seem to share for one another. But is this all too much for one woman to handle?

Part of the The Fran Harman Series series.