D/I Faraday is gone & the police are left reeling. As his boss attempts to limit any possible PR damage his one time shadow on the force ex D/C Winter is ever more concerned that he may have made the biggest mistake of his life throwing in his lot with the citys drug baron Bazza Mc Kenzie. Especially as Bazza is becoming increasingly desperate & violent as his empire begins to crumble under the weight of austere times. & in the person of D/S Jimmy Suttle theres a new will at the heart of Portsmouths embattled police force to nail Bazza once & for all the one man Faraday was always desperate to bring to justice. Graham Hurleys new novel is about loss. It is about the decisions we make in life about the impact our lives have on others. Hurleys trademark authenticity has been allied to an ever increasing sense of drama as he charts the lives of his vivid characters & paints a stunning portrait of a city & a country at war with itself. A war which throws the police into the front line. Happy days?