1979. Val McDermid. 2021.

1979. It is the winter of discontent, and reporter Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. There are few women in the newsroom and she needs something explosive for the boys club to take her seriously.

Soon Allie and fellow journalist Danny Sullivan are exposing the criminal underbelly of respectable Scotland. They risk making powerful enemics - and Allie won't stop there.

When she discovers a home-grown terrorist threat, Allie comes up with a plan to infitrate the group and make her name. But she's a woman in a mans world and putting a foot wrong could be fatal