Product Description

Second novel in the series featuring reporter Lindsay Gordon. When her former lover is accused of murder in a women's peace camp, Lindsay must bring all of her expertise as an investigative reporter into play. A protest group hits the headlines when unrest at a women's peace camp explodes into murder. Already on the scene, journalist Lindsay Gordon desperately tries to strike a balance between personal and professional responsibilities. As she peels back the layers of deception surrounding the protest and its opponents, she finds that no one -- ratepayer or reporter, policeman or peace woman -- seems wholly above suspicion. Then Lindsay uncovers a truth that even she can scarcely believe.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #545936 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

From Library Journal
Although a self-assured lesbian, London journalist Lindsay Gordon vacillates between supposed happiness with partner Cordelia and intermittent bliss with former lover Deborah. At the Fordham air base, while covering a violent clash between inhabitants of the women's peace camp and members of a local opposition group, Lindsay finds that police have charged Deborah with assault. When someone murders the alleged "victim," Deborah becomes the prime suspect. Consequently, the women ask Lindsay to investigate. McDermid (Crack Down, LJ 11/1/94) creates believable characters, full-bodied prose, and the usual lovelife complications. A good read.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Lesbian reporter Lindsay Gordon goes to cover the long protest of a cruise missile base by a British women's peace encampment and finds there an attractive ex-lover who is accused of murder, not to mention routine assaults and an official cover-up. Although the book's plot is sometimes contrived and the pacing is uneven, Gordon is a gutsy heroine committed to action, righting wrongs, and solving mysteries who sometimes takes large helpings of abuse and plays both sides of the allegiance fence in order to succeed. As she battles to solve the problems of a monogamous relationship against a background of institutionalized secrecy, lies, and brutality, the author gives readers a strong sense of contemporary England, too. Whitney Scott

Review
'Val McDermid is an inspiration.' Herald 'A well-pitched and topical mystery.' Sunday Times 'McDermid's snappy, often comic, prose keeps the story humming.' Publishers Weekly