Will MacReady couldn't have had a worse first day . . .
At a squalid flat near the Cardiff docks, an early morning police raid goes catastrophically wrong when the police aren't the only unexpected guests.
Young and inexperienced, it's Will MacReady's first day with CID. And with a cop dead, the city in shock and the entire force reeling, he is soon out of his depth as passions begin to run high.
But when another body is found in the harbour, after almost ritualistic mutilation, MacReady realises that this job will be harder than he ever dreamed - and that his colleagues need him more than he ever imagined.
Praise for Mike Thomas
'This arresting tale doesn't miss a beat'
Independent
'Stuns like a truncheon, grips like a pair of handcuffs, crackles with charge like a taser'
Niall Griffiths

Mike Thomas was born in Wales in 1971. For more than two decades he served in the police, working some of Cardiff's busiest neighbourhoods. He left the force in 2015 to write full time.
Mike has previously had two novels published and was longlisted for the Wales Book of the Year and was on the list of Waterstones 'New Voices'. His second novel, Ugly Bus, is currently in development for a six part series with the BBC.
He lives in the wilds of Portugal with his wife, children and a senile dog who enjoys eating furniture.