It was six-thirty in the morning when Detective Superintendent Harriet Martens took the call that informed her that Britain's number one tennis star and media darling, the wonderfully pretty Bubbles Xingara, has been murdered in the grounds of her big country house. Harriet is now in charge of a case that will have the world's media – already massing for the start of Wimbledon out in force. But it is not the investigation that is about to explode Harriet's life, for Harriet wife and mother has fallen madly in love with a fellow officer...

H.R.F. Keating is best known as the creator of Inspector Ghote of the Bombay Police. He has twice won the CWA Gold Dagger, and in 1996 was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger. He lives in London with his wife, the actress Sheila Mitchell, who has read many of his books featuring Harriet Martens as audiobooks. They include A Detective at Death's Door and The Dreaming Detective. Many other titles featuring Inspector Ghote are also available as Chivers Audiobooks.

Among Sheila Mitchell's theatrical roles are as Claudia in When the Barbarians Came, Miss Erikson in Present Laughter and Mabel in Separate Tables. She has also performed on stage in The Crucible, The Seagull and Effie's Burning, while television appearances include Jeeves and Wooster, The Bretts and Murder in Mind. She has read many books for Woman's Hour and Book at Bedtime.