Books in the Virago crime series

Five months since her return from an exciting five-year stint as a war reporter, Kate Baeier is back in London and starting to feel less than challenged by the series of somewhat tame profiles she is working on. Then she is asked to investigate a rape that happened at the police station.

Kate used to run an investigation agency but is now an international journalist. On her return to England, she is threatened, and she starts to investigate why. From Chelsea to Hackney, King's Cross and Kingston, the trail leads her into the danger zones of the city, both rich and poor.