It is late at night when DI Walter Day is called to his office because
five murderers have made a brazen escape from Bridewell Prison.
Commissioner Sir Edward Bradford wants the escapees captured as quickly
as possible. He assigns many of his force to the manhunt, however he
assigns Day and DS Hammersmith to investigate the goings on at the
prison. Day's former mentor and now retired DI Adrian March offers to
help. Bradford is sure that the escape was carefully planned and
includes someone inside the prison. He also informs the trio that one
of the escapees is a man Day and Hammersmith had put away last year.
At the prison, the warden is adamant that there were only four escapees,
however a clerk is sure there is a fifth. Unfortunately he has no
records to identify the man. The trio follow some clues to a tea shop
where they find a man bound and gagged. One of the escapees has been
found, but why was he bound and gagged?
Further investigation leads Day and March to catacombs beneath a church.
There March springs a surprise on Day. Unfortunately for the pair of
them, they become entrapped. Meantime Sergeant Hammersmith comes to the
realisation that Day's wife, Claire, is also in danger. Will he be
able to protect her and will Day succeed in escaping his predicament?
Author Alex Grecian has plenty of tension building up in this murder
mystery and a few surprises before the conclusion. An intense, page
turning read.
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