War kills, crime pays, no more so than when the lights are off and everyone’s looking out for themselves – or looking the other way.
After a young girl is found dead, Detective Sergeant Harry Marsh and his new partner, Policewoman Annie Scott, uncover a world of illegal immigrants, arms theft, domestic terrorism and police corruption – all against a backdrop of burnt-out houses and burnt-out lives.
In a world at war, only one thing is certain: life is the cheapest commodity of all.