When ex-mercenary Max Iversson accompanies a nightclub owner to an ill-fated rendezvous in a deserted north London industrial estate, it turns out to be not so much a set-up as a bloodbath. Three men have been shot, the briefcase Iversson has been guarding is empty-and he wants to know why.
So begins a hunt for answers that will take him into direct conflict with Detective Sergeant John Gallan-and take both men into very dangerous territory.
"I love this book. It's fast, hard, and tight and it blasts through the London underworld like a cigarette boat on the Thames."
Lee Child, bestselling author of Persuader
"British author Simon Kernick shows every sign of being a major talent...Powerful prose, tight plotting and a clever fair-play puzzle add up to a remarkable first effort."
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Impressive...with a voice not unlike James M. Cain's in Double Indemnity."
