Brutal, dark and laced with violence ... Peter James had better watch out, he has a new competitor' DAILY MAIL''A masterfully spun tale . Intense pace, striking characters and a riveting denouement' IRISH INDEPENDENT'Gripping' PETER JAMES'Thoroughly absorbing' ELLY GRIFFITHS---How far would you go?The murder of a promising footballer, son of Brighton's highest-ranking police officer, means Detective Superintendent Jo Howe has a complicated and sensitive case on her hands. The situation becomes yet more desperate following devastating blackmail threats.Howe can trust no one as she tracks the brutal killer in a city balanced on a knife edge of vigilante action and a police force riven with corruption.---'Cracking' MARK BILLINGHAM'Engaging' M.W.CRAVEN

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