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After decades of imprisonment, a notorious English murderer dies of natural causes, and career policeman Billy Tyler is tasked with guarding the corpse. Alone on a graveyard shift, Billy is forced to confront his own disturbing thoughts about violence and society, while his wife’s pleas to refuse the assignment weigh heavily on him. In the silent hours of the morgue, the martyr’s presence compels Billy to examine his relationships with his wife and daughter and to question the boundaries that separate ordinary people from the monsters they fear.
Set against the backdrop of English crime and punishment, the novel offers a psychologically charged exploration of the human psyche, the moral ambiguities of justice, and the inseparable link between personal trauma and societal violence.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Psychological Fiction/Psychological Drama
Authors: Rupert Thomson
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