Crazy Man Michael

A new elite Murder Squad is taking shape, and Detective Inspector Carl McCadden is the favourite to head it. Then Wallace, an undercover officer McCadden once knew, shows up with a strange account. During an assignment, Wallace came across a corpse. The following day, a newspaper photograph showed him the dead man, and the accompanying report claimed the man had drowned some 200 miles from where Wallace had found him. Shortly afterwards, Special Branch officers tried to kill Wallace.

McCadden's sensible course is to keep clear of the affair and avoid trouble for a few weeks, until the coveted appointment is secure. That plan becomes harder to hold to when he notices the Minister for Justice, his future superior, appearing to exploit the powers of his office.