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The first in a new series of crime novels from the incomparable Howard Marks, author of "Mr Nice". Set in Cardiff, it features Detective Catrin Price, as she investigates the death of her ex-lover. The recent film of "Mr Nice" was a great success, and rose Marks' profile once again.
Synopsis
When Detective Catrin Price returns to Cardiff after 12 years of self-imposed exile she is determined to lay to rest the ghosts of her unhappy past. Then her ex-boyfriend Rhys, once a promising young policeman but now a washed-up junkie, is found dead on one of her first nights on patrol.
