COLD IN HAND

On Valentine's Day, Lynn Kellogg was shot and survived; the teenage girlstanding next to her was less fortunate. Recently promoted to DetectiveInspector in the city's Major Crime Unit, Lynn's rescue of a badly-beatenfifteen-year old from Eastern Europe links her to an internationalinvestigation into people trafficking and gun smuggling, and teams her upwith SOCA - the Serious and Organised Crime Agency - for the first time.Just when everything seems to be progressing smoothly, things begin to goawry, leaving Lynn with serious doubts about the probity of the SOCAofficers in charge. And when DI Charlie Resnick rouses himself fromnear-retirement to lend a hand, he finds himself blocked at every turn.Finally, it needs the intervention of Jack Kiley, former cop and soccerplayer turned private eye, before a way can be found through a miasma ofmurder and betrayal with mortal danger at each and every turn.