Publisher's Synopsis
Likeable but frayed-around-the-edges, Liverpool solicitor Harry Devlin is in trouble. The wife of his best client, businessman Jack Stirrup, has vanished without trace and the police suspect foul play. When Stirrup's daughter and her boyfriend also go missing, Harry finds himself hunting a brutal murderer. To add to his woes, he gets a lead on the identity of The Beast, a sex attacker who is terrorising the neighbourhood - but his suspicions provoke a disastrous clash between his personal and professional loyalties.
