Rookie detective Tom Lange couldn’t have got a more difficult first case. The only thing he has to go on is the woman’s butterfly tattoo. His boss Lauren Blythe piles the pressure on and the medical examiner won’t tell him what he needs to know. Meanwhile Tom’s neighbour Alicia has an abusive boyfriend who Tom clashes with in a way that will have far-reaching consequences. The body leads Tom on a trail of seedy clubs narcotics and danger which is close to home. The book builds up detail by detail mirroring the painstaking real work of a police murder investigation. In a tumultuous ending Tom’s world is turned upside down. --