When a night-time firebomb attack at a Brighton travellers' site kills
women and children, Chief Superintendent Jo Howe has strong reason to
believe the new, dubiously elected, neo-nazi council leader is behind
the murders. Against the direct orders of her chief constable, Jo digs
deep into the killings secretly briefing the senior investigating
officer of her suspicions.
As she delves further, Jo uncovers an underworld of human trafficking,
slavery and euthanasia all leading to a devastating plot which threatens
thousands of lives and from which the murderous politician looks sure to
walk scot-free. Having narrowly survived a plot to kill her, where
another was not so lucky, she realises that only by facing near-certain
death once more can she thwart this terrorist outrage.