An electric thriller full of secrets, lies and hidden identities - you never truly know where you stand or who you stand with in this gripping thriller from Brooke Magnanti.

The death of a call girl with connections to powerful men sparks a chain of events that sees forensic pathologist Harriet Hitchin risk her career to assert that the police are pursuing their investigation in the wrong direction. This is a taut and darkly humorous thriller combining a conspiracy that runs right to the top with authenticity informed by the author's forensic pathology research.

Magnanti's writing is lively and entertaining. When her victims are laid out on that slab, her unspeakably detailed descriptions are good enough to put the wind up Patricia Cornwell.