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A historic crime. A post-war gangland assassination. Can DC Ruth Hunter findthe killer before the deadly feud spills over into the present?When the remains of a missing teenager are uncovered, DC Ruth Hunter presumesthe forty-year-old murder is linked to a knife fight between South London gangs inthe 1950s. However, as the investigation widens, Ruth, and her impetuous partnerDC Lucy Henry, discover a disturbing connection to the dark criminal past of aprominent knight of the realm.Narrowing down their investigation to an infamous South London club, Ruth beginsto uncover a complex web of historic police corruption, brutal protection rackets andcelebrity gangsters. When a key witness is viciously murdered, Ruth realises that thekiller might be far closer to home than she had ever envisaged.Can Ruth find the murderer before another witness is executed