<p><b>A city that refuses to die, a policeman who will not yield - the first DI Faraday novel. From the author of LAST FLIGHT TO STALINGRAD</b><br><br>Portsmouth is a city on the ropes, a poor, dirty but spirited city, with a soaring crime rate. And it is home for DI Joe Faraday. <br><br>Now Emma Maloney''s dad has gone missing. Faraday thinks he may have been murdered. But these days, a hunch is not enough. Faraday''s squad of detectives are battling with an ever-growing caseload of a city torn by violence, poverty, drug-dealing and petty crime. Who can spare the time and resources for an investigation unsupported by hard evidence? <br><br>Joe Faraday is struggling with his own demons, and finding Stuart Maloney, dead or alive, develops into a battle not simply for justice, but for sanity.</p>