'This is high quality crime writing' A A DhandThe second dark and twisted thriller in the Avison Fluke series by M.W. Craven, the acclaimed author of The Puppet Show. Investigating how a severed hand ends up on the third green of a Cumbrian golf course is not how Detective Inspector Avison Fluke has planned to spend his Saturday.So when a secret protection unit from London swoops in quoting national security, he's secretly pleased.But trouble is never far away. A young woman arrives at his lakeside cabin with a cryptic message: a code known to only a handful of people and it forces Fluke back into the investigation he's only just been barred from.In a case that will change his life forever, Fluke immerses himself in a world of New Age travellers, corrupt cops and domestic extremists.Before long he's alienated his entire team, has been arrested under the Terrorism Act - and has made a pact with the Devil himself.But a voice has called out to him from beyond the grave. And Fluke is only getting started... Praise for M. W. Craven:'Dark, sharp and compelling' PETER JAMES'Fantastic' MARTINA COLE'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' MATT HILTON'Thrilling' MICK HERRON'Brilliantly inventive' WILLIAM SHAW'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent' DAVID MARK