DI Geraldine Steel is called to investigate the murder of a man who has been battered to death. His widow Caroline is terrorised into concealing the identity of the killer who then claims a second victim. This leaves Geraldine with a dark secret. The truth might help to solve the case but it also threatens to cost Geraldine her career. When Caroline's ten-year-old son disappears his distraught mother turns to the police with fatal consequences.

Part of the The Geraldine Steel Series series.