He came home to escape his demons, but will his next case be the one that breaks him?

Smoke catches in Detective Vincent Swann’s throat as he examines the body bound to a chair under the scorched railway arches. Local mechanic Rob Mitchell was in witness protection. He should have been miles away from this dark corner of town, so what brought him back, and who knew he was coming?

Manchester born and bred, Vincent is no stranger to the dangers of this city, but he needs to keep his head down and play by the rules, especially after being promoted ahead of his new partner. But as more bodies surface, Vincent feels like he’s chasing a ghost back into the secret past he spent a decade trying to escape.

What will it cost Vincent to catch a murderer who just came back from the dead? And when they call Vincent out by name, will he survive long enough to stop them killing again…

Fans of Angela Marsons, Helen Fields and D. S. Butler will be gripped from the very first page of this thriller from bestselling author Helen H. Durrant.

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