Publisher's Synopsis
Hired by a distinguished biographer, Beatrice Bowman, Barrister Trish Maguire tackles a 30-year-old terrorism case to refute a libel claim made by a new member of the House of Lords. Trish's old friend, Inspector Caro Lyalt, faces an impossible decision. In the running for a fantastic new job, she learns that a South London crime family is paying off her biggest rival. The villains gag and suffocate anyone who tries to expose their secrets. If the allegations are false, she loses all hope of this job or any other, but if they are true and she does nothing, she'll live with the guilt forever. As Trish and Caro help each other find the information they need, Caro's top informant is shot. Then the body of a young woman turns up in a park, bound, gagged and suffocated. Picking their way through the maze of lies and threats, danger comes terrifyingly close.
