When a firebomb attack at a Brighton travellers' site kills women and children, Chief Superintendent Jo Howe has strong reason to believe the new, far-right council leader is behind the murders.

Howe digs deeper into the case and uncovers a criminal ring of human trafficking and euthanasia leading to a devastating plot threatening thousands of lives and from which the murderous politician will walk away scot-free.

Unflinching, brutal and disturbingly plausible' KIA ABDULLAH

Masterful' S. A. Cosby

Unputdownable' A. A. Chaudhuri