Judi Westerholme has been through it. Brave and strong-willed she's just about coping in her new role as foster parent to her orphaned niece taking a job at the local pub to help make ends meet. Then the pub's landlord and Judi's friend army veteran Pete 'Macca' Macclesfield is murdered and her world is suddenly turned upside down. Despite warnings from the city police to keep out of it Judi can't help but get involved in the search for Macca's killer. But she soon becomes deeply entangled with some ruthlessly dangerous men. She must act fast and think smart to work out what they want - before anyone else gets hurt...

Part of the Judi Westerholme series.