The wages of sin is death (Romans 6, v 20-23) - A middle-aged man is found dead; brutally mutilated. These ominous words, taken from the Bible, are found with his body. There are shocking similarities with another recent murder, in Gloucestershire. This is DS Matt Arnold's beat, and he is soon involved in the increasingly gruesome hunt for a serial killer. With his young son in a coma and his wife barely speaking to him, as the investigation gathers pace the pressure on Matt's family life becomes unbearable.

Genre: Mystery