Featuring the worldly wise DI Brock and his wry sidekick DS Poole

When Jimmy 'Spotter' Gould is shot dead within seconds of emerging from London's Stone Mill Prison, Brock and Poole are faced with a baffling crime. Enquiries uncover an embezzling solicitor's clerk, a dodgy undertaker and a dubious motor trader. A Bosnian doctor and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs also feature in a tale that eventually culminates in the uncovering of a complex smuggling operation . . .