When two Metropolitan Police officers witness a murder, they are offered protection from the crime lord determined to kill them. The two men are close to retiring anyway and so choose to hide out far away in the Caribbean.
But who do you send when the two of your detectives are killed in Antigua?
The local police reject yet more detectives from the Met, they are too emotionally involved, in fact, they are conflicted.
The task of solving the case falls to the Home Secretary's favourite police chief, Rosalie Barry of Wessex Police.
DCI Gregory Briar sends DS Root and DC Branch to Antigua to find the killer and negotiate their way around local sensitivities. But soon, another related death occurs as well as a bombing. The case is escalating, can the Wessex Police cope, can they keep their excellent murder close out ratio.
Genre: Mystery
But who do you send when the two of your detectives are killed in Antigua?
The local police reject yet more detectives from the Met, they are too emotionally involved, in fact, they are conflicted.
The task of solving the case falls to the Home Secretary's favourite police chief, Rosalie Barry of Wessex Police.
DCI Gregory Briar sends DS Root and DC Branch to Antigua to find the killer and negotiate their way around local sensitivities. But soon, another related death occurs as well as a bombing. The case is escalating, can the Wessex Police cope, can they keep their excellent murder close out ratio.
Genre: Mystery
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