Digging Deep

Wednesday 8:36pm. A man lies brutally stabbed to death in a deserted Birmingham car park. Chief Inspector Gavin Ross surveys the scene: Is he the victim of a botched carjacking — simply in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or is it a targeted murder?

Detective Inspector Angie Reeves has been granted a trial period with the murder team to see if she’s fit to return to active duty. The flashbacks have stopped, but she knows emotional triggers lie in wait.

Evidence begins to mount but then Ross’s team are mysteriously pulled off the investigation. Emotions run high. And Angie cannot let it go. Because the murdered man is Walter Price — her old headteacher and the man who once saved her father’s life.

But persistence has its pitfalls. She’s unaware of who she’s up against. And what is at stake. Drawn into a sinister world of extreme violence and betrayal, she is determined to find out the truth behind Walter’s death…

Longlisted for The Bath International Award