When a court in Britain dismisses a case against a rapist, police open an inquiry into Inspector Judy Hill who arrested him and who is suspected of cooking evidence. Judy is at the end of her tether, the man, a serial rapist, having sent word she will be his next victim. By the author of A Shred of Evidence.

Deepening snow has isolated the village of Byford from the outside world, but as the locals settle down for the festive period, the peace is suddenly destroyed with the news of a violent crime at the vicarage