When 19-year-old Scott Travis is found battered to death, the police are baffled. Probationary police officer Clare Coppola delves deeper into Scott's past and a murky history emerges. Scott was a blackmailer. His victims included a medical student, a former prostitute and even a police officer. Which of them was desperate enough to kill to keep their secret hidden? Could it be somebody very close to home? A fast paced mystery from the author of the best selling Bone and Cane series. Belbin takes the reader deep into the lives of a group of young police officers finding their feet in the inner city.