Detective Sergeant Bev Morriss is having a hard time. Struggling with the aftermath of a vicious attack, she can scarcely trust her own judgment. Her lover is moving on, the guv is losing patience, and her new partner has the empathy of a house brick. Then another police officer dies and a ransom note arrives. And hard doesn't begin to cover it. The fourth gritty police procedural in the acclaimed series which began with Working Girls. Birmingham sergeant Bev Morris juggles a complicated personal life, the murder of a police officer, and a mysterious ransom note in the fourth in the series.