This author is renowned for his grimly humorous detective novels, often exploring the bleak relationship between the public, the police force, and the criminal element. His works are characterized by a dark wit and a realistic portrayal of crime and its consequences. He crafts a complex series of investigators and characters on both sides of the law, populating his unnamed coastal city with memorable figures. His approach to the genre offers readers thrilling and thought-provoking narratives.
The man is found dead in the local dockyard, shot frombehind. Colin Harpur predicts the execution spells imminent trouble. Iles' tolerance of the local drugstrade has kept gang warfare off the streets, and he is determined to protecthis set-up ... at all costs.