When the nude photo of a teenage runaway shows up on a website, the girls father turns to Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks for help. But these arent unusual circumstances, for the runaway is the daughter of a man whos determined to destroy the dedicated Yorkshire policemans career and good name.Still, its a case that Banksa father himselfdares not ignore as he follows its trail into teeming London. But when a series of gruesome murders follows soon after, Banks finds himself pulled into the past and private world of his most powerful enemy, Chief Constable Jimmy Riddle.Peter Robinson is at the height of his storytelling skills in this twisting novel of suspense that proves you can never escape their pastsespecially when there are sordid secrets waiting to be revealed.
