When two homeless men are strangled to death, Detective Inspector Geraldine Steel is caught off guard by the cold-blooded nature of the crimes. However, her suspicions are raised as two more bodies are found, forcing her to question the motivation behind the murders. Plagued by countless red-herrings, the investigation drags Geraldine into the lives of, three people caught in a toxic triangle of love and dishonesty. Is this a case of a crime of passion, or is there more to this than meets the eye?

Leigh Russell is the author of the DI Geraldine Steel series, which has sold over a million copies worldwide. She is chair of the CWA's Debut Dagger Award judging panel and is a Royal Literary Fellow.