Dark HarbourAugust 2006. The disembowelled body of a young woman is fished out of Boston harbour. The distinctive mutilations to the corpse bear all the hallmarks of the killer they call Little Jack. But unlike the six previous victims, Natalie Caldwell was no prostitute, but a highflying lawyer. As the last person to see her alive, Scott Finn, her colleague and ex lover, comes under intense scrutiny in the subsequent investigation. Finn is also struggling to

plus the detectives long-suffering sergeant Janice Longbright gets to reveal her own forgotten mystery

she is f-ted

inventive and accessible

Claudia turns to the one man who can help - only to find Marcus is under house arrest after a body is found walled up in his house

Angry at being jilted by new husband James

There tribal rebellion under the charismatic chieftain Vercingetorix threatens not just Caesars route to power

and the impossible death thats the fault of a forgotten London legend

Whilst her discovery has resulted in a creative block for Robert

Beginning his travels in Indonesia

The scent of blood is in the water

poetic prose the story is that of a world full of threat and a child in jeopardy - but with a heroine resourceful enough to try to change the path of Fate

their Parliamentarian enemies in deep crisis