Please note, this book was previously published as Life Sentence.Months from retirement, Detective Fran Harman should be winding down and planning her move to the seaside. Instead, her boss — a dear friend who’s fast becoming something more — hands her the most baffling cold case of her career.The victim is dubbed Elise. She was found by a road, battered beyond recognition. A passing man tried to resuscitate her.She’s been lying in a hospital bed ever since. Visited by the man who gave her the kiss of life. He was the prime suspect, but he has a cast-iron alibi.With doctors about to switch off Elisa’s life support, Fran will stop at nothing to get justice for her. But how much can one woman handle?And in a case where nothing — and no one — is what they seem, Fran will need to watch her back.
