DI Anna Travis reunited with DCS James Langton as they investigate the fatal shooting of Frank Brandon, an ex-police officer from the drug squad, whose body is found in a drug dealer's squat.
Travis begins to uncover suspicious links between Brandon and the notorious drug-trafficker, Alexander Fitzpatrick, one of the most wanted men in the Western world who has eluded arrest for 20 years and has not been sighted until now.
No one involved with the case can be trusted; witnesses, suspects, victims all appear to be lying.
What can be so precious, valued, loved, that it's worth dying for?
The answer lies behind a Deadly Intent.