Matthew Rawlings is back. The ex-superintendent of CIDcannot leave it alone and this time he is in very real danger not just likely to get his fingers burnt, but a whole lot more. Unwittingly, he ventures into relationships which carry memories and confrontations equally in dangerous measure. On a hill, a wild young man, jolted from his enjoyment and pleasure of first sex, comes face to face with shotguns which are loaded with death and menace. Matthew, his home town about to be savaged by a contentious major redevelopment, once again weakens to a cry for help. As he is embroiled in a world of intrigue and danger, old