'A love letter to Liverpool, with a touch of Peaky Blinders.’ S.E. Moorhead, Author of Witness X

‘A thoroughly enjoyable debut.’ Catherine Fearns, Author of the Reprobation Series
 
WHEN SECRETS RESURFACE THE PAST REACHES OUT...

The discovery of a body in the Liverpool docklands unearths long forgotten secrets. Historian Vinny Connolly and reporter Anne McCarthy are keen to find the truth. They find Michael, an old Irish caretaker who knows far more than he’s letting on and may have a connection to the body and the mystery behind Vinny’s father’s disappearance.
 
Escaping poverty in Ireland and fresh off the boat in 50s Liverpool, Michael falls in with Wicklow boys Jack Power and Paddy Connolly, who smuggle contraband through the docks, putting them at odds with the unions. A story of corruption, secret police, and sectarianism slowly unravels.
 
But will the truth out? As the conflict heightens, Michael questions the life sprawling out ahead of him, while in the present, Anne and Vinny race to solve the mystery, but are they prepared for what they find?