Like the previous two, it features ex-Detective Inspector Vincent Ruiz, only this time in a supporting role to the main character.

[1] The book was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly and the UK Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger awards, both in 2007.

[2] DC Alisha Barba is recovering after breaking her back during a kidnap rescue operation[3] with the Metropolitan Police in London 12 months earlier.

One day, Alisha receives a message from an old school friend with whom she has lost touch after they fell out.

[6] With former Detective Inspector Ruiz (her old boss) she embarks on the quest for truth and a promise she made to Cate to not let her baby be taken by someone else.