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The story centers around Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, a dedicated Yorkshire policeman, who becomes involved in a case involving a teenage runaway and her father, who plans to destroy Banks' career. The case stings Banks as it reminds him of the time he destroyed his own career. Banks then follows the case into London, where he finds himself entangled in a web of drugs, sex, and crime. As he delves deeper into the case, he realizes that the killer is someone he once worked for, Chief Constable Jimmy Riddle, a powerful enemy he has never been able to face.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Peter Robinson
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