A disgraced probation officer's clients are falling victim to a vicious killer—but will anyone believe what she has to say?
Grace Midwinter is at breaking point. Following a dreadful mistake at work, her career as a probation officer is hanging by a thread. Then her clients start dying in grotesque and premeditated ways. When one ex-offender is beaten and dumped in the harbour, and another grisly corpse is discovered soon afterwards, Grace can't help but dredge up her recent past.
Rumours swirl about conspiracies and vendettas—some involve Grace and her colleagues. Grace discovers that the deaths have been made to look like the sordid results of a gangland turf war but are hiding something else. Can she persuade the people in power that her suspicions could be correct?
Grace knows she's in trouble. She just doesn't realise how deep. If only she could tell her friends from her enemies...