'It's summertime in the Irish borderlands. As temperatures rise, a series of gruesome murders takes place. Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin's enquiries point to a local body builder, but when born-again ex-con James Kerr is found nailed to a tree - crucified - Devlin realises that the case is more complex, and more sinister, than he had imagined...' 

The second Inspector Devlin Mystery, Gallows Lane, will be published by Macmillan New Writing on April 4th 2008