The novel introduces us to DI Olivia Hardy, a firm but fair cop, and her new partner, DS Lauren Groves. Their wildly different backgrounds and styles of policing cause problems at first, but the two women bond over a shared love of music, and over the pressures of juggling complicated family lives with the horrors of the job. Both women try to reconcile their problematic family lives - Olivia's issues with her teenage children, Lauren's collapsing marriage - with the demands of a job that requires heart and soul. Their beat is a decaying coastal town in the south of England - a shadow of its Victorian glory - and criminals are lurking even where you'd least expect them. As Olivia and Lauren investigate a harrowing murder, the events of the case spiral - and so do the issues in their personal lives ...]]> Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:19:02 +0000 es Copyright 202 6BiblioEteca Technologies SL