Spanning40 years of love, life, and villainy, thisepic novel isa major tour de force froman author at the peak of his powers, the Spillane of Brit NoirOnce upon a time in south London, three young men without a future decide to invent their own. The sixties are starting to swing and Jimmy, John, and Billy want it all: the clothes, the pills, the music, and the women. Through drugs, protection, and armed robbery, they start building their crime empire; everything they ve always dreamed about is within their grasp. But then Billy changes sides and becomes a copandfinds that his days are numbered. Now, decades later, Billy s son, Mark, is working for John Jenner and waiting for the day when his father s killer gets out of prison. It s any time now and Mark is determined to be there when the doors swing open."