The sky over Bradford is heavy with foreboding. It always is. But this morning it has reason to be – this morning a body has been found. And it’s not just any body. Detective Harry Virdee should be at home with his wife. Impending fatherhood should be all he can think about but he’s been suspended from work just as the biggest case of the year lands on what would have been his desk. Determined to restore his reputation, Harry is obliged to take to the shadows in search of notorious ex-con and prime suspect, Lucas Dwight. But Harry soon finds out what it’s like to be on the other side of the law.