Years after Alice Draper's death her murderer remains unpunished, and six of her lovers still have their lives blighted by suspicion. Exiled to the seaside town of Eddathorpe, DI Robert Graham expects to have lots of time to brood about his failed marriage and his formerly promising career. Instead, he finds himself drawn into the Draper case, and unwittingly takes the lid off a surprising variety of old scandals - some of which involve senior policemen ...

Flynn is the former head of Notts Fraud Squad. But his first book proves he's no PC Plod in the art of writing' - Sunday Express

'A welcome addition to the fictional police ranks' - Sunday Telegraph

'DI Graham, with his homicidal Lakeland terrier, is an unconventional copper from the same breed as Frost and Morse. On this form, like them he should win fans and keep them' - Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News