by Cara Hunter
First published 2021
Inspector Adam Fawley receives what appears to be a routine sexual assault report at Oxford University. A student has accused a lecturer of assault. Fawley and his team assume they know how this case will unfold. They are wrong. The accused is a female professor, a celebrated star of her department. The alleged victim is a male student, a towering former rugby player nearly two meters tall. This reversal of expectations forces Fawley to reconsider everything he thought he knew about the case. As the investigation deepens, Fawley and his officers find themselves racing against time to uncover what really happened. The truth proves more complex than anyone anticipated. Meanwhile, someone watches Fawley's every move from the shadows. This unknown observer has plans for the inspector, plans that could remove him from the picture permanently. The case becomes personal as Fawley navigates Oxford's academic politics while an unseen threat closes in around him.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, academic
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Oxford, Oxford University
472 pages · Paperback · Wydawnictwo Filia
Content warnings: sexual-assault