Tom Shackleton and his wife Jenni seem to have it all- power, prestige and position. A Regional Police Chief Tom has fast-tracked through the ranks from beat bobby to boss. With her gleaming blonde hair, perfect body and immaculate Armani suits, Jenni Shackleton looks every inch the consort to a powerful man. And she's connected too. Through her job as columnist of a top daily, she has access to the top ranks of New Labour - all the right people to further Tom's career - or so she thinks. She's come a long way from the small Midlands backwater where she and Tom grew up, and had to use more than charm to get where she is today. So when Jenni gets the chance to lunch the second-in-command to the Home Secretary, she raises the stakes and will stop at nothing to get what she wants. On Jenni's horizon, the only blot is Tom's natural rival, Geoffrey Carter, a man with just too much Oxford polish and connection with the government to allow her to sleep well at night. But as Jenni soon discovers, there is a drug for everything... Pulsing sexual cunning, greed and ambition, The Crime Tsar takes you straight to the corridors of power and introduces a cast of characters so vibrant in their ruthlessness that you'll never read the news or view the police in quite the same way again...