Strip back the first engaging layer of Powder Diamonds - and find yourself immersed in yet another stratum of dark drug dealings on an international scale. Dillon confronts an old demon that pushes him towards answers that some, on both sides of justice, may not want him to answer A lover of old, an unsatisfactory verdict of misadventure and today; enter two dealers who have the UK cocaine market in their pockets. From a Hong Kong prison, half of the deathly pair is released to return to Sandbanks on the UK's beautiful south coast. Just one last deal? Maybe? Literally But even thugs have conscience and emotions it seems when the consignment reveals unexpected cargo. Mid-level operators wreak chaos and bloody death throughout Europe as the deal speeds towards an international catastrophe. Where are the secrets coming from that are making their way into North Korea? It is up to Dillon, his Swedish side-kick, and the team at Ferran & Cardini, old and new, to stop the influx of white poison onto UK streets, to save the lives of the kidnapped in darkest Dorset and to expose the international corruption that has seeped in from the very top... Dillon's past, his emotions and an unstoppable desire for the truth navigates his edge-of-life journey through this latest assignment, and puts Dillon face to face with international espionage, duplicitous drug deals, kidnap and sexual encounter... Gripping, only as one would expect from Towning