A 20–year–old crime throws DI Joe Faraday into the violent legacy of the Falklands War
Freshly promoted to the elite Major Crimes Team, DI Joe Faraday is thrown into the deep end with the investigation into the murder of prison officer Paul Coughlin. Was the violent Coughlin killed by a recently released con he brutalized in prison? Or is his death a legacy of a wider, more savage violence from 20 years before? Coughlin was an ex–petty officer in the Royal Navy. If Faraday is to solve the murder, he must first penetrate the wall of silence thrown up by the Navy. But as he digs deeper, he uncovers a disturbing connection to a crime that has waited 20 years to be avenged.