Mystery novel about the investigation into the murder of Matthew Liu's parents. A young woman, the killer, stares Matthew in the face before fleeing the scene. Detective Inspector Paul Harrigan has little to go on and he suspects that his current team and investigation is being sabotaged. He then discovers that his son is in email contact with the killer and that her bloody rampage is not over. Winner of the 2002 Canberra Critics Circle Award for Literature, and the 2003 Davitt Award for Crime.