Running Dead

Two men are executed in an exclusive London hotel. Their connection? They were responsible for the conviction of a conman and fraudster ten years earlier. Ash Todd of the Australian Federal Police prosecuted that case with Scotland Yard. Now The Yard has called him in again ...urgently.The search for the killer propels Todd from London to the Riviera to New York and the Cayman Islands. People are terrified to talk. Something or someone has them gripped with fear. In every city his life is threatened. Someone seemingly knows his every move before he makes it. Someone is betraying his trust. Worse on the cusp of a breakthrough and when he needs them most The Yard seemingly withdraws support - which leaves him hanging. Did they really want the case solved - or were they just Running Dead?Alone feeling increasingly isolated in strange surroundings he can rely on no-one but himself. With a mounting death toll and twists in the end that leave him emotionally distraught Todd discovers some vital truths - to the murders; to the ten-year-old fraud case and ultimately who had betrayed him on his hunt.