A chance glimpse amid the chaos of 9/11 allows small-time Brighton operator Ronnie Wilson to vanish, leaving debts and a trail of damage behind him. Years later, when skeletal remains surface in a storm drain, Roy Grace begins to uncover how that moment of catastrophe echoes into the present. The investigation ranges far beyond Sussex, tightening into a breathless pursuit through Brighton’s streets where a woman’s life hangs in the balance.
