A woman is stabbed to death in an Oxford car park. A revealing photograph on her mobile phone points towards a crime of sexual passion or revenge.
But as Detective Holden and her team investigate further, it seems that things might not be as clear-cut as they first appeared.
Then another body is found in the middle-class area of Oxford known as Grandpont, adding a whole new dimension to the case.
Now, as the complications pile up in Holden's professional and personal life, finding the killer becomes more than a matter of life and death...