A missing son, a web of lies, a murder covered up. Detective Inspector Solomon Gray is getting closer to finding his son, missing now for over a decade. He s on the trail of a bent cop, Lewis Strang, who appears connected to the disappearance, all those years ago. But Strang is untouchable, a star of the Metropolitan police force. Once more, Gray must blur the line between right and wrong. When the body of a young black man turns up on a Margate back street it seems to be yet another drug related crime. Margate is currently the focus of a special operation, codenamed Pivot, to take down local suppliers. But Gray discovers there s more to the case than initially meets the eye. And Gray has his own problems to deal with. First there s the public investigation into the death of Gray s ex-boss, DCI Jeff Carslake and then Gray s estranged daughter, Hope, turns up on his doorstep she s pregnant and left the child s father. As Gray investigates he discovers the truth about Tom and who took him. A truth that is even more shocking than Gray ever expected Set in the once grand town of Margate in the south of England, the now broken and depressed seaside resort becomes its own character in this dark detective thriller, perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Stuart MacBride, and Peter James.