Death at Dead Man's Stake

<p><i><b>A life or death decision leads Sergeant Jessica Raker to swap the Metropolitan Police for trouble up north, but old enemies are on her tail . . .</b></i><br><br><b>"</b><b>The build-up of tension is ominous and terrifying . . . Oldham has produced a superb first book in his new series. Readers who like their police procedurals gritty, violent, twisty, and tense will love it" <i>Booklist</i> Starred Review</b><br><br>A split-second decision has life-changing consequences for Metropolitan Police firearms officer Jessica Raker when she fatally wounds the son of a notorious organized crime chief during a robbery in Greenwich - and discovers her husband has been having an affair.<br><br>With her career, her marriage and her life in danger, Jess is sent back to her home town of Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley to take up a sergeant role in Lancashire police. But as she throws herself into dealing with a hostage situation up on Dead Man''s Stake Farm and a body discovered in a reservoir on her first day, her enemies are plotting their revenge - and they''re closer than she thinks . . .</p>