A crime novel in which a young man changes his manners and a young woman changes her mind. Pride and Prejudice with guns and corruption.
When Laura Donovan's body is found in the garden of her estranged husband, the police suspect Richard Donovan of her murder.
DC Brigid Archer, the first officer at the scene, sees in the alcoholic Donovan a man she should abhor but, as she becomes convinced of his innocence, they discover together the nature of the society they live in; from that of petty drug dealers whose deaths the police don't care about to the corrupting effects of laundered Russian Mafia money.
As they delve deeper into Laura's murder so the past, that of Brigid and her ex-policeman father now dying of cancer, reaches into the present with disturbing results. How was Brigid's right cheek scarred and what did her father witness thirty years before.
Brigid and Richard's promise to one another that they have a future together poses two questions:
Can they escape the people who don't want them sharing their discoveries with the rest of the world?
Has Donovan the courage to grasp Brigid's offer of redemption?