‘Keeps the readers gripped until the last page’ Sunday Express Innocent or guilty. It's a matter of which lines you cross. Simon Serrailler finds himself in devastating new territory as a sophisticated drugs' network sets its sights on Lafferton and the surrounding villages. DCS Simon Serrailler has long regarded drugs ops in the Lafferton area as a waste of time. Small-time dealers are picked up outside the local secondary school, they're given a fine or a suspended and away they go. And rinse and repeat. But when the body of a young drug addict is found in neighbouring Starly, the case pulls Simon into a into the underbelly of an elaborate drug running operation. The foot soldiers? Vulnerable local kids like Brookie and Olivia, who will give Simon a bitter taste of this new landscape. With struggles both at home and on the job, Serrailler soon learns that even the familiar can hold shocking surprises. . . **‘**Hill's Serrailler novels are as addictive as Rankin's’ Scotsman Discover the bestselling Simon Serrailler series that over ONE MILLION readers have devoured.