Could you commit murder to save your daughter’s life? DI Tom Blake may have to if he wants to see his alive again.
When he foils a deadly heroin deal, widowed detective DI Tom Blake sets off a chain of events that change his life forever. Things become even more perilous when seemingly unconnected links between a shocking murder, unwittingly disrupt an international gang’s daring plans to steal the world-famous Staffordshire Hoard.
In a cruel twist of fate, Blake’s only living child, his teenage daughter Isabel, is abducted, propelling the bereft detective on a dangerous journey to bring her home safely.
Operating outside the law, he’s racing against the clock, following a murderous trail that leads him into the shady world of stolen artefacts, chasing a shadowy killer driven by greed and revenge.
As the body count rises, Blake and his team struggle to unravel the case. It seems the murder victim’s secret past is the key to identifying the killer and bringing down a ruthless drug dealer. A man prepared to sanction the murder of anyone who stands in his way.
Will Blake be in time to save his daughters’ life and expose the real killer before he becomes the next victim?
Discover the electrifying, nail-bitingly tense, twisting police thriller with a shocking ending, from J.F.Burgess.
What readers are saying:
‘WOW, what a debut novel this is!!!!! It drew me in from the first page and kept me on the edge of my seat until the end. It totally blew me away. Packed full of action and twists I didn’t see coming!’ Audrey Gibson GOODREADS 5 stars
‘A very exciting debut novel.’ Alyson R AMAZON 4 stars
‘A really compelling read. Just couldn’t put it down.’ Ron Allcock AMAZON 5 stars
‘Brilliant debut, exciting, intriguing and very well paced and written.’ MARK FEARN BOOKMARK 5 stars
‘This is the first novel by this author and it is a shocker! Brilliantly thought through and executed.’ Mrs J AMAZON 5 stars
‘A real page-turner from start to finish and the ending is brilliant not the usual run of the mill at all. If you want to know why read the book, it’s brilliant.’ John Thys AMAZON 5 stars
‘The book is a roller-coaster read, offering a cunningly woven web of sex, drugs, violence and crime’ MAX PINNER AUSTRALIA
‘I was immediately rooting for DI Blake and DS Murphy and loved their on-page banter. The introduction of all the characters was done incredibly well and held my interest.’ BOOK JAR JOURNEYS
