Crime in Miami is spinning out of control, and only one man can save the city from itself: Mike Shayne. He left Miami for New Orleans after the death of his beloved—and he will return with all the fury of an avenging angel.

Woken by the telephone, Mike Shayne is disoriented. It’s his friend Clem Wilson, calling from a filling station outside of Miami, and there is terror in his voice. He has time for just a few words before Shayne hears the crack of broken glass and the thud of a falling body.

By the time he reaches the filling station, his friend is dead. Clem Wilson was mixed up in something he couldn’t handle, and if Mike Shayne can’t unravel the mystery, his friend will not be the last to die.

A single mother raising six kids alone learns her Good Samaritan neighbors aren't exactly what they seem in this “bitingly brilliant...complex, witty and sinister” novel (Daily Mirror).

New York Times–bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author 

In a world of terror and uncertainty, what does one small death matter? In this masterful novel of psychological suspense, Peter Robinson delves once again into the dark recesses of the human mind and shows what can happen when evil rests there.

"Robinson shows a deft hand at using forensic science, conflict between characters, and recurring series themes. Another winner from one of Britain’s established A-listers." —Booklist