Book description
Portsmouth is a city on the ropes, a poor, dirty but spirited city,
with a soaring crime rate. And it is home for DI Joe Faraday. Now Emma
Maloney's dad has gone missing. Faraday thinks he may have been
murdered. But these days, a hunch is not enough. Faraday's squad of
detectives are battling with an ever-growing caseload of a city torn by
violence, poverty, drug-dealing and petty crime. Who can spare the time
and resources for an investigation unsupported by hard evidence? Joe
Faraday is struggling with his own demons, and finding Stuart Maloney,
dead or alive, develops into a battle not simply for justice, but for
sanity. Graham Hurley is an award-winning TV documentary maker who now
writes full time. He lived in Portsmouth for 20 years. He is married and
has grown up children. He now lives in Exmouth, Devon.
