She's hunting for a story . . . And someone's hunting her. 1979. It is the winter of discontent
and reporter Allie Burns is hunting for the story that will make her name. There are few women
in the newsroom and she needs an explosive scoop for the boys' club to take her seriously. Soon
Allie and fellow journalist Danny Sullivan are exposing the criminal underbelly of respectable
Scotland. They risk making powerful enemies - and Allie won't stop there. When she discovers a
home-grown terrorist threat Allie comes up with a plan to infiltrate the group and make her
name. But she's a woman in a man's world . . . and putting a foot wrong could be fatal. This is
the electrifying first novel in a gripping new series by Queen of Crime Val McDermid.
