Synopsis: Galya Petrova travels to Ireland on a promise that she will work for a nice Russian family, teaching their children English. Instead, she is dragged into the world of modern slavery, sold to a Belfast brothel, and held there against her will. Until, that is, a kind man offers her shelter if she can only find a way out.
She escapes at a terrible cost—the slaying of one of her captors—and takes refuge with the man who offered his help. As those she fled scour the city, seeking revenge for their fallen comrade, Galya faces an even greater danger: her savior is not what he seems. She is not the first trafficked girl to have crossed his threshold, and she must fight to avoid their fate.
Detective Inspector Jack Lennon wants a quiet Christmas with his daughter, but when an apparent turf war between rival gangs leaves bodies across the city, he knows he won't get it. As he digs deeper, he realises an escaped prostitute is the cause of this violence, and soon he is locked in a deadly race with two very different killers. About the Author: Stuart Neville is a partner in a multimedia design business based in Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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