Paul Foster is a social worker trying to make a difference. But what links him to an aristocratic Nazi sympathiser accused of harbouring a war criminal? And what has happened to his soldier boyfriend Jake over in Afghanistan? In this, the first DCI Sara Hoyland mystery, the intrepid detective with a murky past enters a long-forgotten world of political intrigue. Long-held grudges and several families' secrets re-surface to further muddy the waters.
David Menon works as an events organiser and his political views have influenced his writing. Born and brought up in Derbyshire mainly in the north-west for the last few years, David's life has been unorthodox: he never met his father and was estranged by his mother at the age of seven to be brought up by his maternal grandmother. David now splits his time between France and Manchester. In the past he has stood (unsuccessfully) as a Labour candidate for parliament and lists his claims to fame thus, "I once made a cheese sandwich for the actress Julia Roberts, and I told the actor Matt Damon that he was brilliant in a particular film to which he replied that it was actually Leonardo Di Caprio who was in it and not him!"