Poca City, 1949. Fresh from serving time for a crime he didn't commit, Aloysius Archer is ready to put the past behind him and start again. Freedom never tasted so sweet. But who can he trust? Accepting a job as a debt collector for the local tycoon, he gets embroiled in a long-running feud between the town's most dangerous residents. When one of them is found dead, Archer is the number one suspect - framed for murder. A bloody game is being played...

On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man committing suicide on a busy London street. The following day, the Prime Minister's office receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not met - and the writer mentions Maisie by name. Tapped by Scotland Yard's elite Special Branch to be a special adviser on the case, Maisie is soon involved in a race against time to find a man who proves he has the knowledge...

A powerful, probing book about PTSD. As a journalist Keane has covered conflict and brutality across the world for more than thirty years, from Rwanda, Sudan, South Africa, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine and many more. Driven by an irresistible compulsion to be where the night is darkest, he made a name for reporting with humanity and empathy from places where death and serious injury were not abstractions, and tragedy often just a moment's bad...