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The long-awaited return of Chief Superintendent Frederick Troy is set against the backdrop of London's East End, now increasingly dominated by the new post-war gangs of the late 1950s.

Reviews
This book has a pace and a flavour that is racy, rakish and addictive.
Literary Review

The period atmosphere, illustrated with credible characters, is impeccable and the writing elegantly precise.
Daily Telegraph

The 50s atmosphere is acutely reproduced by John Lawton...Classy stuff.
Guardian

Few novelists have given me more pleasure in recent years than John Lawton.
Washington Post