Paul Harrigan is a top cop who has survived the corruption and political manoeuvrings of the NSW Police. So far …
His partner Grace Riordan has left the Service and now works in the shadowy world of undercover intelligence – so she and Harrigan can′t talk about work much.
Harrigan is called to a grisly murder scene in Sydney′s wealthy north: four guests are seated around the dinner table – all dead. One of them a Senator′s ex-wife; one of them a missing corrupt NSW detective. And the mummified condition of the detective′s body – identified by a distinctive tattoo — suggests he has been dead for quite some time …
While Harrigan is facing the demons of his past, Grace is drawn into the investigation through some very unofficial enquiries of her own. Enquiries which will lead to a flashpoint neither can predict.Politics, corruption, big business, espionage and illicit technology … Alex Palmer weaves them all into a heart-stopping race for the truth.