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The Business of Dying

Shortlisted in the US for the Barry Award for Best British Novel 2003.

On a cold and wet November night, DS Dennis Milne is waiting to kill three unarmed men. Cynical and jaded, Milne earns money on the side by doing what he does best: punishing the bad guys. But this time he’s been duped. Instead of shooting drug dealers, he kills two respectable customs officers and an accountant, their deaths starting off an investigation that sees him, his sideline and what remains of his conscience heading for serious trouble.

Less than twelve hours later, he’s out on the streets of Kings Cross trying to solve the gruesome murder of a teenage prostitute who’s been found dead by Regents Canal, her throat slashed.

Increasingly desperate to find the girl’s killer, and with his own crimes returning to haunt him, Milne uncovers a web of depravity more shocking- and more terrifying- than he could ever have imagined.

 

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