There are worse things than death, though Paramedic Sophie Phillipsdoesn't think so. She and her work partner constantly revise a list of theworst ways to die, holding the number 1 spot vacant for the death soterrible even they can't imagine it. But Sophie is sure it will cross herpath on the streets of Sydney one day. When Sophie's police officerhusband Chris is shot and their baby is kidnapped, Detective Ella Marconihas to fight to get to the truth. Is it revenge by a bereaved father forSophie's recent failure to save his wife and newborn baby? Or was Chrissomehow involved in the police corruption that appears rife in the city?When the police fail to trace Sophie's son, she takes matters into her ownhands and now that she's realised there are worse things than death,nothing will stop her from finding him.