This book features the worldly wise DI Brock and his wry sidekick DS Poole.When Jimmy 'Spotter' Gould is shot dead within seconds of emerging from London's Stone Mill Prison at the end of an eight-year sentence for armed robbery, DCI Brock and DS Poole are faced with yet another baffling crime.As enquiries continue, an embezzling solicitor's clerk, a dodgy undertaker and a dubious motor trader all come into the frame. Added to which, a Bosnian doctor and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs also feature in a tale that eventually culminates in the uncovering of a complex smuggling operation and the arrest of the murderers of 'Spotter' Gould and two other players in the scam.

Author Biography

Graham Ison is also author of the well-received First World War detective series featuring DI Hardcastle, the first three of which, Hardcastle's Spy, Hardcastle's Armistice and Hardcastle's Conspiracy, are already available from Severn House.