Chief Superintendent Frances Harman has been assigned to investigate the case of a woman beaten into a coma Elise has been in a coma for two years, and if the hospital switch off her life support now, her attacker will be guilty of murder Fran faces overload as she takes on more responsibilities - her elderly parents, Elise, a child abduction, the disappearance of her only witness, and the growing affection that she and her long-time colleague Mark Turner seem to share for one another But is this all too much for one woman to handle?