Böcker av Gordon Parker

Jack Shaftoe is a detective sergeant involved in the usual eclectic mix of murder, drugs and corruption. His dubious investigation methods see him persuaded to leave the London Met. and transfer to his home city of Newcastle. While trying to save his marriage and keep an affair with a female detective constable private, an apparent suicide quickly turns into a suspected murder. With dogged determination and forensic clues, he and his mistress unravel a frightening plot that could lead to drastic consequences on a world scale. His wife, an investigative journalist is desperate for the story of the century. Only a priest, through the confessional, knows the truth and full implications and, bound by the edicts of his church, remains silent. Shaftoe needs him to break his vows and is prepared to use any method to do so.

Darcey Anderson stared at the lights of Juneau reflecting off the water of Gastineau Channel. She saw none of the beauty of Alaska's capital city. In her mind, she still was looking at the body of her husband, Trent Marshall, lying bleeding on the deck of the yacht. His father's friend, Robert Monk, covered Trent's body with his own, the small, semiautomatic handgun searching for a target. Captain Hannigan, skipper of the Nanuq, knelt beside the old man with his own weapon, joining Monk in seeking the shooter who had brought down their friend.