Superintendent Gregory Summers is co-operating with the National Crime Squad on an initiative to crack down on illegal immigrants. While he works to target these modern day slave traders, who make the unfortunate ‘slaves’ pay their own fare to the promised land, Antony Lucas, a young man adopted thirty years ago tracks down wealthy widow Elise Weissman, his birth mother. Antony is cautiously welcomed into the fold, but it isn’t long before an abusive past and family secrets threaten to destroy the family. Gregory Summers is drawn into the midst of the tangled affair when he realises Elise is an old friend in trouble. But piecing together the facts is a task that gets more difficult every day.

Susan Kelly was born in the Chilterns and brought up in Oxford. After reading French and English at London University, she worked as a freelance computer programmer for many years. She is now a full-time writer and lives in West London with her solicitor husband and cat.

‘Kelly has a deft touch’ Kirkus Reviews

‘Compelling plot line, solid, complex protagonist... constitutes prime entertainment: fans of British police procedurals will enjoy this.’ Library Journal