Those Whom the Gods Love - Tapa dura

Twenty years before the novel starts, a group of male students were appalled to discover that one of them had apparently raped a girl, then hanged himself in remorse. This terrible tragedy, and their guilt at not having prevented it, hangs over them as they build outwardly successful careers. But in their midst comes a young, ambitious journalist, Ginty Schell, who is researching features on how men today have lost their way. She focuses on this old, once famous story, and becomes the men's nemesis. In her search for the truth she will not only endanger all of them, but dramatically alter her own life...

Clare Layton is a pseudonym of Natasha Cooper, the critically acclaimed author of Fault Lines, Sour Grapes and The Drowning Pool and president of the Crime Writers' Association.