Introduces readers to Detective Chief Inspector Martin Phelps and his team, based in the world-famous Cardiff Bay. For years Amy has nurtured the hatred she has for her gay brother and blames him for turning their father into a killer. Struggling with a barely under control love of heroin, she visits her homophobic father in prison and strikes up an unholy alliance with the son of another prisoner. Jack needs no encouragement and, as an already accomplished killer, wastes no time in helping his lover settle old family scores - but is the depth of his evil too much even for Amy? What starts as an investigation into a bizarre and brutal murder takes DCI Phelps and Detective Sergeant Matt Pryor on the trail of a serial killer. What better way for a psychopath to get his kicks than by using his weapons of choice, to satisfy his love for slaughter, and at the same time elevate his father's position within the criminal fraternity.