Kirjahaku

Fourteen years after the murder of his detective sergeant father, Brian Blake graduates from university and follows in his father's footsteps.No3 District Police Training Centre, Pannal Ash, Harrogate. He knew the work would be hard. What he didn't anticipate was the aggression and violence from a small minority. The ramifications of an interview by MI5. Nor the maelstrom when confronted by a forgotten face from his past. A cold-blooded killer who would think nothing of killing anyone who stood in his way.

Blake is now doing the job he's always dreamed of, and doing it well. He and Lucy, the love of his life, will be getting married in weeks, until a blazing row throws everything into the air, like so many juggler's balls.He is seconded to CID when it's discovered that an acquaintance of his is a suspect in an ongoing police operation but has no way of knowing that the operation could destroy his future. He could lose everything: His job. His chances of happiness with Lucy. Even his life.It's all a question of seconds.

Enquiries following the arrest of a local dignitary for attaking two young boys out birdwatching lead to a further association with DCI Valentine and his team. The start of a chain of events that unleash Blake's childhood demons and an enquiry stretching back decades. Those evil forces now working directly against him putting his entire future at risk.No stone left unturned. Enemies, both old and new, play their part, even unwittingly. As the story races towards its climax Blake is tested to the limit.

It is now 1947. Douglas Blake, demodded from the RAF has rejoined the police and is now a detective. With his ability to analyse data and see patterns, he quickly comes to the notice of Superintendent Bulstrode. However the information that Blake produces is not all to the superintendent's liking. Vincent Cabot, antique dealer and successful criminal deals harshly with a young man seducing under-age girls, the latest of which is his daughter: Celeste, Levelling the floor of his shop cellar Cabot investigates an ancient tunnel leading towards the City centre. Based on the information gleaned from a medieval map Cabot devises an outragiously audacious plan which, when it comes off, should make him rich. Fates inextricably linked, the two men are drawn together. Violent Glaswegian criminals. An explosives expert. A Priest who plays fast and loose with his vows and in hock to a bookie. Dance With The Devil is a story of murder, corruption, depravity, sex, theft, robbery love and redemption.