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When social worker Kara Huggate is raped and murdered just before she is due to appear as a witness, Trish Maguire has to investigate and finds herself dealing with local-government corruption, child abuse, and organised crime.

Reviewers said

'Cooper breaks new ground with a new heroine, barrister Trish Maguire, and brings a jaundiced attitude to the prevalence of corruption at the heart of local government.'

Time Out

'Natasha Cooper is a fiercely intelligent writer with a hotline to the darker side of modern life.'

Crime Time