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‘Wonderfully dark and peppered with grim humour. Finch is a born storyteller and writes with the authentic voice of the ex-copper he is.’
PETER JAMES
‘Edge-of-the-seat reading … formidable – a British Alex Cross.’
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‘An ingenious and original plot. Compulsive reading.’
RACHEL ABBOTT
‘As good as I expected from Paul Finch. Relentlessly action-packed, breathless in its finale, Paul expertly weaves a trail through the North’s dark underbelly.’
NEIL WHITE
‘A deliciously twisted and fiendish set of murders and a great pairing of detectives.’
STAV SHEREZ
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Source ISBN: 9780008243982
Ebook Edition © August 2018 ISBN: 9780008243999
Version: 2018-06-21
For my wife, Catherine, who has always been my rock.
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