Inspector Alan Banks heads to London after receiving a disturbing call from his estranged brother, while back in Eastvale, Detective Annie Cabbot's investigation of a young woman's death uncovers a connection to someone close to Annie.

The Carib Club is one of Bradfield's most popular night clubs, especially in the local black community but, it's in the heart of a Muslim district. Members of the local mosque are keen to get the club closed down, so when, after a night out clubbing, Jeremy Adams is knocked down by a taxi and left in a coma, the pressure on the Carib Club starts building. Jeremy had taken ecstasy tablets before the accident happened and his father, wealthy local businessman...

When the body of a man is discovered hanging from a tree in the woods near Eastvale, all signs point toward suicide. But appearances are deceiving and Inspector Banks finds himself plunged into a case where nothing is as it seems.

"As Banks and his team follow what few clues they have, desperate to find the missing boy, who holds the key to the puzzle, they find themselves branching out in different directions. As the end game becomes a race against time, even Banks's team isn't safe from the rage of the hunted animal"--

When Detective Inspector Bill Reid is found murdered, Chief Inspector Alan Banks, suspecting police corruption, handles the investigation with the utmost discretion until he discovers that Reid's murder is linked to the disappearance of a young English girl six years earlier.