This is the story of two people. They almost know each other but their lives don't touch - the girl on the run, and the man with a plan. A young widow sees the man she holds responsible for her husband's death. All of a sudden her life just got a whole lot worse. Three men loved this woman, but only one can save her from the hit man seeking retribution. A barely seen photograph and a half forgotten memory of what might have been is all he has. But is it enough to even find her, let alone protect her? This slow-burning thriller covers the final days of the IRA insurgency and begins in 1986 when a teenage girl visits Adriatic Italy. It moves to an Army base in Northern Ireland but is largely set in Central London and the North West London suburb, Maida Vale. Cover photograph: Peter Goadby-Watt