Two brothers from the same criminal family die within hours of each other, five miles apart: one on the edge of a Newcastle industrial estate, the other in a busy A & E department, unseen by the triage team. Both victims have suffered horrific injuries. But who wanted them dead? And will they kill again? Investigating these brutal and bloody killings leads DCI Kate Daniels to break some rules - putting her career, as well as her life, on the line. As the body count rises in the worst torture case Northumbria Police has ever seen, the focus of the enquiry switches from Newcastle to Glasgow, and then to Europe, ending in a confrontation with a dangerous offender who's hell-bent on revenge. 'Brutal and engaging. Mari Hannah writes with a sharp eye and a dark heart' Peter James 'This takes Hannah from coming up fast in Peter Robinson's rear-view mirror, to a major league British crime contender . . . You'll bite your nails right to the explosive end. Unmissable!' Peterborough Telegraph @mariwriter www.marihannah.com

Starting with The Murder Wall, which won the Polari First Book Prize, Mari Hannah’s series of crime fiction novels featuring DCI Kate Daniels have garnered critical acclaim. Described by The Times as ‘a Northerner to join the roster of top literary detectives’, Daniels tackles the most difficult of cases in Newcastle and Northumbria. A former probation officer, with special insight into the workings of the police, Mari has been shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library award and was Reader in Residence for the 2016 Harrogate International Crime Writing Festival.