Edmund Fitzgerald is different.Sheltered by an overprotective mother hes a musical prodigy.Now against his mothers wishes hes about to enter formal education for the first time aged sixteen.Everything is alien to Edmund teenage style language and relationships are impossible to understand.Then theres the searing jealousy his talent inspires especially when the sixth form colleges Head of Music turns her back on her other students and begins to teach Edmund exclusively.Observing events is Steph a former police detective who is rebuilding her life following a bereavement as the colleges receptionist. When a student is found dead in the music block Stephs sleuthing skills help to unravel the dark events engulfing the college community.