Dead Territory: A Tale of Gangs, Police, and Betrayal (Paperback or Softback)

In a city rotting from the inside out, loyalty is the deadliest currency...

A junkie is found dead in a derelict garage—needle in arm, eyes wide open. The coroner calls it an overdose. But DI Colin Harpur isn’t buying it. When a witness turns up murdered days later, Harpur knows: this isn’t just another casualty of the streets. It’s a message.

Enter Superintendent Desmond Iles—ruthless, razor-sharp, and unafraid to bend the rules. As London-based dealers muscle into their territory, a brutal turf war ignites between local gangs. Betrayal spreads like poison, and every player has blood on their hands… including the cops.

Drawing on the author’s 30-year career in the Metropolitan Police—including service in counterterrorism and firearms—Dead Territory plunges readers into the moral grey zones where justice and corruption blur. With razor-wire dialogue, relentless pacing, and the darkly familiar streets of 1980s Britain, this is crime fiction at its most authentic and uncompromising.

Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Bill James, and David Peace, this gripping debut novel—set in the acclaimed Harpur & Iles universe—asks a chilling question: When the law can’t protect you, who do you trust?

Step into Dead Territory… if you dare.
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