The case of The Black Dahlia remained unsolved for decades. DI Anna Travis can't wait that long...
The body of a young woman is found dumped on the banks of the Thames. Horrifically mutilated and brutalised beyond recognition, but for a red rose in her hair, her death is an ominous mirror image of an unsolved 1940s case in Los Angeles known as The Black Dahlia.
Detective Inspector Anna Travis races to find this copycat killer, dubbed 'The Red Dahlia', but there are no suspects and the media frenzy is spiralling out of control. Anna turns to her mentor, the volatile Detective Chief James Langton, to help her catch this truly terrifying killer. But the frictions of their romantic relationship are complicating the case. And as Anna and Langton close in on the prime suspect, they uncover a shocking web of sadistic evil -- and a family's murderous secrets...
