When the bodies of a mother and her daughter are found in the bathroom of their home, new DS Charlie Zailer and her colleague DC Simon Waterhouse investigate. The pair disagrees over whether the case is a murder-suicide or something more sinister.

New Detective Superintendent Charlie Zailer finds herself working with DC Simon Waterhouse for the first time as they investigate the deaths of Geraldine Brethrick and her daughter.

DS Charlie Zailer and DC Simon Waterhouse investigate a case of thwarted ambition and deadly jealousy while wrestling with their own relationship.

When Ruth Blacksmith leaves her husband for a troubled musician, it results in tragedy. As DS Charlie Zailer investigates with the help of her prickly junior, DC Simon Waterhouse, she uncovers a past of thwarted ambition and murderous jealousy.