When a woman is stabbed to death in an Oxford car park, a revealing photograph on her mobile points towards a crime of sexual passion or revenge. But as DI Holden and her team investigate further, it seems that things might not be as clear-cut as they first appeared. Then another body is found in the Guardian-reading, Labour-voting area of Oxford known as Grandpont, adding a whole new dimension to the case. Now, as the complications pile up in Holden's professional and personal life, finding the killer becomes more than a matter of life and death...