The death of a police informant provokes questions at Government level leading to the task least loved by any law enforcement officer - that of investigating your superiors for evidence of malpractice or corruption. Detective Constable Sally Bithron is assigned to assist Assistant Chief Constable Esther Davidson in the enquiry.

Assistant Chief Constable Iles finds himself suspected of murder in the fast-paced 35th installment of the popular Harpur and Iles police procedural series. Tensions in the community are mounting following the gruesome deaths of two men, both of whom were accused yet acquitted of the murder of an undercover police officer. It looks like vigilante justice, but who is responsible? Alarmingly, suspicion falls on Assistant Chief Constable Iles. Matters escalate when a TV show investigating the murders is aired, further implicating Iles. Iles seems at ease with the accusations, as are his...