Formerly a Captain in the Paras, Jay McCaulay is highly trained, tough andresourceful. She's been working with the aid agency TRACE for two years,helping track and unite families separated by conflict. Jay can look afterherself - until she spots someone from her past. It is a past that involvesZamira, a young girl who Jay saved from being killed in Kosovo - a pastthat clashes with the present when Milot Dumani, an organised crime bossfrom Macedonia, appears on the streets of Jay's home town. Jay'sspecialist knowledge means she is perfect for an MI6 mission to find outwhy Milot is in the UK. She doesn't want the job, but since herrelationship with DI Tom Sutton is going nowhere unless she decides tocommit, she seeks refuge in the mission to restore some equilibrium to herlife. When she hears Zamira has vanished from her home in Macedonia,possibly trafficked into the UK - Jay's mission becomes personal.Throwninto a world that inspires paranoia, where brutal Mafia thugs give noquarter, and where her family and loved-ones are threatened, Jay mustconfront a trail of murder, corruption and evil that has entwined itselffrom Eastern Europe into the heart of the United Kingdom