JAKE SAWYER RETURNS IN HIS MOST PERSONAL CASE YET
A detective who can't move on.
A killer who won't let go.
Two years after the explosive finale of Tender is the North, Detective Jake Sawyer has found an uneasy peace. He's building a new life with an old flame while practising Buddhist philosophy, teaching martial arts, and running an art foundation in his late father's name. But when an ex-colleague is found dead at his Mediterranean villa in an apparent suicide, Sawyer's fragile calm is shattered, and he embarks on a dangerous private investigation that tests everything he's learned about letting go. From the sun-soaked terraces of Ibiza to the rain-slick alleys of Manchester, Sawyer uncovers a deadly conspiracy that could reach the highest levels of the UK police.
Andrew Lowe: “I have been in the writing and self-publishing business for the past seven years and during that time I have been searching for my editor. Every book, a different editor. Until I found Bryony. Why such a long search? Many editors were good. Some were decent. Some were very far from that. But what I really needed, what I truly wanted was someone who would take my book as their own project, someone who would have a true need to make this book the best it could be as if this were their own novel, someone who would stand behind their work and be proud of what they achieved for the story, rather than just doing a job, being paid for it and then going on to the next client. I felt that Bryony truly owned the project—I can say our project—she was with me, fully and completely. This is what I needed. I finally found my editor and I am truly grateful. Bryony is extremely precise in her line editing, polishing my prose to an extent I never would’ve managed on my own, and also very empathic but thorough in her developmental edits, where she guided me with questions and comments, so I could improve the plot and continuity of my story. She is by far the best editor I ever had. I cannot recommend her enough!”