Detective Chief Inspector Billy McCartney discovers a headless corpse in scrubland close to the Liverpool Docks. It is their chief informant on a heroin trafficking case. Solving the murder takes McCartney deep into a decades-long dynasty of drug smuggling. First in a projected series featuring the detective. 'A ferociously compelling slice of Scouse Noir' James Walton, }Reader's Digest{. *Also appeared in March Buyer's Notes*