<p><B>A detective faces off against a man without conscience in this psychological thriller, the first in the British police procedural series.</B><BR /> <BR /> There's evil&#8212;and then there's Patrick Sullivan. There are no depths to which this drug dealer, pimp, and murderer won't sink&#8212;and Detective Inspector Matthew Adams knows all too well what such a monster can do. After all, he's known Patrick since they were children, when their mutual animosity was born.<BR /> <BR /> When Patrick's brother is shot dead in a drug bust led by Matthew, the bitter battle between the two men intensifies, and Matthew finds it increasingly difficult to hold the moral high ground.<BR /> <BR /> But being at war with such a depraved individual means that it's not just Matthew who's in danger. For even though Patrick has taken a lot from Matthew, he hasn't taken everything . . .<BR /> <BR /> And now he wants <I>everything</I>.

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