Malton returns in the next gritty and gripping instalment in the bestselling Manchester underworld series. If you put one step wrong on these streets, you might... WIND UP DEAD. ONE BOY DEAD Craig Malton rules Manchester, solving crimes for criminals and flying under the police's radar. When he's called to a murder scene before the cops can get their hands on it, he senses something is wrong. Someone is trying to make Zak Alquist's murder look like something it's not.ONE BOY MISSING Lesha's son was murdered years ago, so when a local boy goes missing, she feels the sting only a bereaved mother can. But this is more than just a teenage runaway. On the missing boy's phone is a photo of him - and murder victim Zak Alquist.A DARK CONSPIRACY Can Lesha and Malton uncover the rot at the heart of the city and cut it out before another life is taken?