About to put an end to her affair with a married man, Maureen discovers his body in her living room, his throat slit. Viewed in turns by the police as a suspect and then as an unstable witness, she decides to hunt the murderer herself. Enlisting the help of her brother, Liam, and her best friend, Leslie, Maureen begins to uncover a trail of blackmail, extortion and rape. Set in Glasgow. A debut novel. (Hardback: 0593043510, 1998.).