Why does a wealthy Scottish financier set up a drugs deal with the IRA? Jeopardise his career, endanger his family and lover by tangling with the East End underworld and a ruthless mercenary? The motive is simple: revenge for a cold-blooded act of murder.

His adversary is a dangerous gangland boss whose connections stretch from the Highlands to London and beyond. More than a match for a newcomer, especially when that newcomer's plans contain a fatal flaw which will be discovered only when it is much too late . . .

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PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER

'A master of the thriller genre'

Irish Times

'As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping'

Irish Independent

'The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist'

Sunday Express