An elite Murder Squad is about to be re-formed, and DI Carl McCadden, currently stationed at Waterford, is hotly tipped to lead the new unit. But then an old acquaintance, an undercover cop named Wallace, turns up with a bizarre story. While on undercover work Wallace stumbled on a body; the next day, he saw a photo of the dead man in the papers, along with a report that he had drowned two hundred miles from where Wallace found him. And then Special Branch men tried to kill Wallace. The official line turns out to be that Wallace has gone rogue, and thrown his lot in with the villains he was supposed to be infiltrating. McCadden knows that the smart thing to do is stay out of it and keep his nose clean for a few weeks until he's landed the big job - especially when he realises that the Minister for Justice, his soon-to-be boss, is showing signs of misusing his privileged position ...
- ISBN10 057540275X
- ISBN13 9780575402751
- Publish Date 14 December 2000 (first published 29 June 2000)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 March 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Orion mass market paperback
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 256
- Language English