DEAD ON DELIVERY an utterly gripping British crime thriller

<p>The city of London. Morning rush hour. The police pull over a motorcycle courier for a trivial offence. He doesn't stop. The police give high-speed chase.He jumps a red light and is mown down by an oncoming car. Killed on impact.Detectives Paterson and Clocks arrive at a scene of carnage. Large plastic boxes are scattered across the road. Their lids open their contents warming up in the early morning sun. A traffic officer comforts a distraught woman driver. The courier's body lies nearby his left leg bent at an awkward angle his head at another: the loser of this particular meeting of metal and plastic.The detectives take a closer look at the boxes. It's one of the worst things they've ever seen. And they've seen some <em>very</em> bad things.This discovery leads Paterson and Clocks on their most dangerous investigation yet - and into the path of Alicia Warren a ruthless international businesswoman who will kill to keep her profits flowing.And if that's not enough Johnny Clocks England's most foul-mouthed detective is trying to keep his new wife happy while building a relationship with the 24-year-old son he never knew he had.</p>