The gripping new thriller featuring DCI Diana Walker: a gruesome murder leads DCI Diana Walker into the heart of Sheffield's seedy underbelly

'One of the most original and exciting new voices in crime fiction' - David Peace

'Everything I love in a crime novel - passion, interesting and rooted characters and a great story' - Ann Cleeves

When a man's remains are discovered on the moors and the body of a woman is found in an arson fire in Sheffield, a strange connection between the two cases has DCI Diana Walker digging into Sheffield's criminal underworld.

The new case makes for the perfect distraction from Diana's personal life - She should be settling into her new relationship, but something is keeping her from committing. While she navigates living with her Kenyan grandmother, Diana's relationship with her mother grows even more strained.

As she tries to keep the brass and the press at bay, Diana searches for answers. The truth is worse than she could have ever imagined.