Major anniversary: Cult police inspector Julia Durant solves her 25th case
A murder case presents Julia Durant with a mystery: the victim, a naturalist, seems to have a proverbially clean record. The only thing that stands out is that a large part of his technical equipment is missing. It takes a lucky break for the investigators to make any headway: one of the victim's bird-watching cameras, which is connected to an external server, recorded the sexual assault of a minor.
Shortly afterwards, another person is found dead, and once again, a mobile phone and computer are taken from the scene. This time, the victim is a prominent politician. Evidence points to links with a paedophile network. However, the investigation is proving difficult. Julia Durant is increasingly confronted with legal obstacles and bureaucratic pitfalls. When a schoolgirl is reported missing, she is forced to enter into an unholy alliance...
‘Sometimes Julia will speak to me before I've even had my first cup of coffee, and quite loudly. There's nothing for it but to quickly get to the computer and start hammering on the keys. Who needs coffee?’ Daniel Holbe on Julia Durant
