Everyone thinks she’s crazy. Nobody thinks she’s dangerous.

Counter Terrorism has flagged a threat against Cabinet Minister Robert Gerrish, guest of honour at a sweltering Cambridge college reunion. DS Jo Boden’s job is to spot the danger in the crowd. She’s looking in the wrong place.

Claire Naylor organised this reunion. A quiet schoolteacher, worn thin by grief — her daughter Ella took her own life at just twenty-four, after Gerrish’s office made her a scapegoat to avoid a scandal. They all say Claire is fragile. Medicated. Not to be believed. Nobody has seen the knife in her handbag.

Boden is there to protect a minister. What she finds is a mother’s rage at the men the system shields. She’d never admit how well she understands it.

Justice or revenge — before the weekend is out, there will be blood on someone’s hands.

A DS Jo Boden Thriller. Book 6.

For readers of Cara Hunter, Clare Mackintosh and Sharon Bolton.

Next in the series: What It Takes