First published 1985
Detective Inspector Stanley Rosher comes back to his hometown after a burned body turns up in a warehouse basement by the canal. The former Police All-England heavyweight boxing champion finds himself drawn back to familiar ground and the Ring O' Roses pub as he takes on the case. The discovery of the charred remains pulls Rosher into an investigation that forces him to navigate both the criminal underworld and the personal history he left behind. As he works to identify the victim and track down the killer, Rosher must confront the reasons he left this place and the people who remember him from before he became a detective. The case becomes more than just another murder investigation when the past and present collide in ways that threaten to unravel everything Rosher thought he knew about his old home.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, past-coming-back-to-haunt
Setting: Irish Town, Ring O' Roses Pub
Period: Present Day
167 pages · Hardcover · St Martins Pr