Book description
Alex is hired by a solicitor to find out, for his unidentified client,
the state of mind of a 15-year-old student before his accidental
drowning at an English prep school. Because she must investigate
undercover, Alex persuades a TV producer to say that she is researching
a documentary about private boys' schools, agreeing to let the
producer's latest girlfriend/protegee tag along. As they delve into the
student's life and look for the evil a former priest says is permeating
the paramilitary school, Alex, who grew up in a series of foster homes,
and rich, pampered Claudia, overcome initial antipathy to form an
effective team - a unique variation on the good cop/bad cop arrangement.
At the same time, Alex's love life is challenged by the return of her
friend Barty's former wife. Down-to-earth, slyly funny and driven, Alex
is a complex, intelligent heroine operating in a fast, absorbing
narrative.
