No matter how bad things are, they can always get worse.

London thought it could finally breathe after DI Simon Wise brought down a serial killer. But when a woman is found murdered on the Old Kent Road, he’s thrust into another nightmare—one that will test every instinct he has.

As the hours tick by, Wise and his team uncover a web of secrets and lies leading toward something far darker than a single killing. Somewhere in the city, a tragedy is about to unfold—and unless they can stop it, countless lives will be shattered.

Meanwhile, Wise's twin brother Tom — Britain's most wanted man — is about to show the police exactly how dangerous he can be. And this time, the war between the brothers won't stay in the shadows.

Twenty-four hours. One impossible case. No room for error.

Published
February 3, 2026
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Michael Dylan

I grew up in London, and I'll always be a Londoner — even though I've spent the last decade living in a small fishing village on the West Coast of Canada, walking my dog Buddy along the beach, and thinking probably too much about murder.I write gritty, fast-paced crime fiction: the DI Simon Wise series, set in the London streets I still know by heart; the Jo Batten MI5 thrillers; and the Roy Hicks Brighton Crime Thrillers. I run on an unreasonable amount of tea (never coffee) and I eat more chocolate than I'm prepared to admit to. When I'm not making up stories, I'm shouting at Chelsea FC, or trying to convince my kids that a comic book…