O Gentle Death

Faraday Trust, a boarding school with a reputation for excellence, is struggling in the face of exams and league tables.

In the midst of this turmoil is a troubled young pupil, Catriona Roberts.

Disruptive, moody, and sexually precocious, she is struggling academically and has slashed her wrists on more than one occasion.

It is at first sight not surprising that she should be found, three months pregnant, dead in a bath after a party.

But Detective Chief Inspector John McLeish, establishes that this is a case of murder by drowning.