A shattering revenge attack Mexton's Major Crimes team is targeted by an Albanian crime gang as an explosion rips through the unit's base.
For DC Mel Cotton - the attack is all too personal DC Tom Ferris is seriously injured in the blast. His fiancée, Mel, maybe physically unharmed but she's dealing with wounds you can't see. She's determined to return to work, but is she ready?
Death on her doorstep Mel's latest case is close to home - investigating a body found in her and Tom's garden, the body of someone last heard of in Australia. Can she catch the murderer? And can anyone stop the Albanian crime gang on their ruthless campaign of revenge?