She played with fire. Then she got burned.

DCI Sean Bracken is about to buy a house, his ex-wife is talking about getting married and his father drops a bombshell. He has very little time to get involved with solving a murder, but that's what is thrown into his lap.

A young woman found beaten and burned in an old building will be taking up Bracken's every waking minute. He has seen victims like this before, battered almost beyond recognition, a crime that is more than personal.

With the crime taking priority, it leaves time for little else and takes Bracken into a world he knew existed but hadn't navigated before.

Along with his team, Bracken will need to tread carefully. There's a killer watching his every move, somebody very clever, and very deadly...