About the Book
A hugely accomplished debut introducing series character, police detective Joseph Stark. This is British crime-writing of the highest order. ‘A gripping murder story ... Frank brilliantly maintains a balance between the demands of a complex plot and his character's difficulty in returning to civilian life ... an accomplished first novel’ Sunday Times ‘Well researched and totally convincing, this is the first of several Stark books. Great news if they're as good as this’ Sunday Mirror ‘A very powerful novel. The writing is so good that it is difficult to believe that this is a debut’ New Books Magazine ‘A highly assured debut ... we'll look forward to the next’ Crime Fiction Lover A homeless man walks into Greenwich police station and confesses to murder, an admission that should have cracked open a murder enquiry. Instead, he stumbles out on to the street and collapses, bleeding from a stab wound. The newest member of the Met's murder investigation team, twenty-five year-old Afghan veteran Joseph Stark, doesn't believe the man's story. Yet it becomes clear that Stark and the down-and-out share a connection that could unlock the case. The young detective and his colleagues are drawn deeper into a dark, disturbing world, where there's enough at stake for a man to risk everything.