'Detective Inspector Carol Ashton's life seems relatively settled. She is admired at work for her intelligence and crime-solving. At home she is admired by Sybil. Then comes the phone call which drags Carol back. Back to a Sydney world of high spending and low values - and back to Christine, the woman Carol cannot forget. Has Christine murdered her husband? The same husband she once chose over Carol. Now Christine desperately wants Carol's help.' (Back cover, Allen and Unwin, 1990)