Far From The Tree

Detective Inspector Brendan Foley has kept his demanding career and his difficult family firmly apart for years. That wall comes down when a mass grave is uncovered, and he is pulled off the case once one of the victims turns out to be someone he knows.

Detective Sergeant Iona Madison is a police officer who prizes control, both on the job and in the boxing gym. With her inspector removed from the investigation, her confidence in her own judgement is pushed hard. Newspaper coverage of the Warrington 27 puts the pair under pressure to solve the case before anyone else does.

The local force is small and short of money, and Foley knows it cannot manage alone. He refuses to let a rival force take over, partly because he fears secrets of his own are waiting to surface. The trail leads into the criminal underworlds of Manchester and Liverpool, where drug gangs guard their territory fiercely and one more killing barely registers.

As Madison prepares for the most important fight of her life, the criminals start coming to them. The bodies were buried in Foley's hometown, which cannot be chance, and the reason may be one he would rather not hear.