Beautiful and confident, Zoe Mitchell was on the verge of a successful modelling career – until, one night, someone strangled and mutilated the young woman in her bed.
During the early days of their investigation, DCI Lawrence Forrester and his partner DS Rebecca Palmer uncover a string of disloyalties and a family divided by betrayal and cruelty. As more facts filter in, it seems likely that Zoe’s killer is chillingly close to home.
Then, as events take a startling turn, Rebecca finds herself more involved than she could ever have imagined.