When a member of an all-female book club based in Middleton, Leeds, is brutally murdered, George and the team are called to action.
At first, the case appears to be relatively open and shut. But, as evidence mounts and they begin to unpick the woman's life, George uncovers some shocking truths about the victim and the lies and secrets she kept that, if exposed, threatens to tear the small community apart.
And as the dead bodies rack up, most of them belonging to the book club, George knows he must find the sadistic killer before it's too late.
Set within the suburbs of Leeds, West Yorkshire, this fast-paced British detective novel is a thrilling murder mystery that will keep you guessing until the end.