<p><b>His heart began to thud, his throat to close. He tried to pull his body from the pool. ''I''ll help you'', his killer said. He felt no pain.<br></b><br>A young teacher sips a hot chocolate, blissfully unaware that his first taste condemns him to an agonising death. The community around him is devastated and suspiciously protective of their own. <br><br>No one is better equipped to see through the lies than homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas, but she is distracted by the arrival of her husband Roarke''s ex-lover, an impossibly glamorous vixen, determined to steal Roarke back. <br><br>But Eve''s personal life must wait when a second murder victim is found, and everyone''s eyes turn to the perfect school at the heart of it all. Its secret will soon be out . . .</p>