When a prostitute is found murdered in her bedsit, the Metropolitan police set to work finding the perpetrator of this brutal attack. DNA samples lead them straight to George Marlow, a man previously convicted of attempted rape. The police think they've found their man, but things are not quite what they seem.. . Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison came through the ranks the hard way, opposed & resented at every step by her male colleagues. So when DCI Shefford falls ill, the opportunity for Tennison to get herself noticed finally arrives. But the boys are not happy & every one of her colleagues is willing her to trip up. Desperate to remove all doubt around her suspect, Tennison struggles to make the charges stick. & then a second body turns up. With the team against her, & a dangerous criminal still on the loose, DCI Jane Tennison must fight to prove herself, now or never.