Colleague of former detective Steph Grant at Oakwood Sixth Form College, Robin Hughes, is found dead in mysterious circumstances. The police initially conclude suicide. But who is ‘Kirsty’, the new love interest Robin met at a Grief Retreat weekend, and why has she completely vanished?

Steph and art teacher Caroline Jones, convinced that Robin was murdered, decide to do a bit of undercover sleuthing. Having suffered bereavement themselves, they join the next Grief Retreat weekend. They don’t tell anyone of their plans, not even Steph’s fiancé, DCI Philip Hale.

There they find Archie Denham, leader of the charity, oozing ex-military magnetism and charisma. All the other attendees seem to hang on his every word. But why, when Steph mentions Robin do they react so cagily, especially Archie?

Soon Steph and Caroline find themselves embroiled in a tangled web of deceit and lies much bigger than a spot of amateur sleuthing on a weekend away. Can they keep up the pretence without anyone getting hurt? And will they ever get to the bottom of what happened to Robin?

Blood Loss is the sixth thrilling book in the Steph Grant murder mystery series by the brilliant Lin Le Versha.