Promising architect Peter Young is shot dead at his desk.

DCI Craig Gillard is quickly on the scene, looking at what appears to be a brutal and highly professional hit: two bullets, fired with ice-cold calm.

Gillard knows that the most crucial question in solving the crime is one word: Why? Two weeks later, on the Lincolnshire coast, another body is found on a windswept beach. In this case there is no identity for the young man, just a curious brand burned into his neck...

As the mystery deepens Gillard is plunged into a case without answers, finding himself up against dark forces, people who believe in only two things: blood and a warped code of honour.

This time lives are on the line, children's lives - and his own.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781788635462
• Author: Nick Louth
• Publisher: Canelo
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 375
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm