Manon Bradshaw has moved her adopted son, Fly, her sister Ellie and nephew Solomon back to Cambridgeshire to try and keep Fly away from bad influences in London. Then Solomon's dad is found murdered and Fly is implicated - has Manon made the right decision or has she brought Fly into the heart of danger? 
 I did enjoy the first Manon Bradshaw novel so I was interested to see how the story followed on. This second novel jumps straight in without really going back over old ground which, even as a previous reader, I found rather disorientating and a little bit confusing. 
 Manon herself is an interesting character but the author does seem to spend a lot of time making her, at 5 months pregnant, not able to do very much. I actually found this quite irritating and not at all true to life and it did really spoil the book for me as I cannot see why a woman who is 5 months pregnant with her first child can't walk properly! 
 I have always very much liked the characters of Fly and Davey and they don't disappoint again. The introduction of Mark is also positive as he is an interesting character who I would like to know more about. 
 The crime itself is not really a big part of the book to be honest and, even if it was, I didn't really like the people involved. I really dislike corporate "fat cats" "getting away with murder" and I think this was done quite poorly in this story. 
 All in all, this follow up didn't grab me as much as the first novel and I had started to get quite irritated with the character of Manon. I am not sure how the author can take it from here, but I won't be rushing to read the next one if there is one. Rather a disappointing read.