The nature of fire

Capitaine Ines Picaut has only just begun working again. Physically, she has recovered but the fire left invisible scars that are still healing.

When a woman is assassinated in the middle of Orleans, Picaut's team are called in. But something isn't adding up. The woman is carrying a fake identity and even Picaut's tech expert Patrice is struggling to unearth the truth.

As the mystery deepens, Picaut begins to suspect that her Jane Doe may have links to her team. To one member in particular. But she can't be right, perhaps she has come back to work too early.

Manda Scott weaves an immaculate thriller in present day Orleans with an immersive past in the secret service in both France and England. As the connections between the two plots emerge and identities are revealed, you won't be able to tear yourself away.