Part two of this murder mystery in which when David Harvey confesses to the murder of Joanne Fagunwa on his death bed, police enquiries are suppressed; and Jane Tennison faces problems as her investigation of a murder is complicated with the unexpected participation of her secret lover in her detective unit.

Part one of this murder mystery in which a corpse is discovered in an Afro-Caribbean neighbourhood; causing the controversial subject of racism in the police force to rear its head.