The second book in the Strand-on-the-Green Strongwoman trilogy.The powerful Maggie Wells has avoided arrest for over a year on an attempted murder charge. Now an emotional link lures her to return to Chiswick and her love. The authorities learn of her re-emergence and want her caught, her physical prowess being of use to them despite her record. But Maggie Wells has other ideas, and they run contrary to those of the establishment. For Gary Staples, a serving police officer and the subject of her passion, Ms Wells creates a cocktail of problems, professionally, emotionally, and physically.