Penny Freedman studied Classics at Oxford before teaching English in schools and universities. She is also an actress and director. She has a PhD in Shakespeare Studies and lives with her husband in Stratford-upon-Avon. She has two grown-up daughters.
Her previous books featuring Gina Gray and DCI Scott are This is a Dreadful Sentence (2010), All the Daughters (2012) and One May Smile (2013).