For Sophie Rivers tackling newly imposed profit margins and a disruptive Fundamentalist movement means that teaching comes low on the agenda. And when a young teacher dies victim of a series of arson attacks at William Murdock College of Further Education another teacher is attacked and a women's safe hostel is razed to the ground Sophie has more than school politics on her mind. Could these events be connected to the group of muggers she witnessed in action or the fundamentalist students?Meanwhile Sophie's love life is no less complex as three men vie for her attention. But when the murderer targets Sophie she's on her own . . .

Part of the A Sophie Rivers Mystery series.