Belfast, April 1982. The IRA hunger strike is over, but the mood remains grim and unconventional policeman Sean Duffy's new problems take the form of a mutilated corpse left in a suitcase. The thread is cut before it really begins to unravel, but fallen aristocrats, controversial businessmen, beautiful young widows and enigmatic handwritten notes have already entered the frame. No matter how tight the cord around him is, Duffy is well aware that there is no such thing as a perfect crime and the answer could be anywhere. Even hidden in your instinct. Adrian McKindy returns to the ravaged Northern Ireland of the Troubles of the 1980s and puts his signature on an electrifying, riveting crime novel ready to explode at any moment.