From the multi-million-copy bestselling author behind The Secrets She Keeps, a major BBC series, comes a gripping new standalone thriller Philomena McCarthy has defied the odds and become a promising young officer with the Metropolitan Police despite being the daughter of a notorious London gangster. Called to the scene of a domestic assault, she rescues a young woman, Tempe Brown, the girlfriend of a decorated detective. The incident is hushed up, but Phil has unwittingly made a dangerous enemy with powerful friends. Determined to protect each other, the two women strike up a tentative friendship. Tempe is thoughtful and sweet and makes herself indispensable to Phil, but sinister things keep happening and something isn´t quite right about the stories Tempe tells. When a journalist with links to Phil´s father and to the detective is found floating in the Thames, Phil doesn´t know where to turn, who to blame or who she can trust.