'Superb writing and sense of place. Totally credible voices. Read her!' - Ann Cleeves, 'A beautifully, beautifully written book which has introduced crime fiction to a much wider literary audience' - Emma Viskic

When 25-year-old Bella Michaels is brutally murdered in the small town of Strathdee, the community is stunned and a media storm descends. Unwillingly thrust into the eye of that storm is Bella's beloved older sister, Chris, a barmaid at the local pub, whose apparently easygoing nature conceals hard-won wisdom and the kind of street-smarts that only experience can bring.