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"The longer a case remains unsolved, the greater the chance there will be another murder."

Retired police officer Silas Makarska is in his forties and living on a pension half his old salary. He looks after the widow of a close friend killed in the line of duty, and is fiercely supported by his new girlfriend. The rest of his life, however, is a non-event.

Trouble builds quickly, and Silas cannot ignore the many cries for help. The old case of a murdered tourist and her family, who need answers, returns to haunt him, and then a local hunter disappears, followed by another.

Shot at, threatened, driven off the road and his car set on fire, Silas hides the people he cares about at an unlikely friend's motel. Then he uses his 'death' as a smokescreen to fight a bent lawyer and a criminal mastermind. This is a new kind of policing, with a hard edge he hasn't experienced before. Using his friends in the police force, and his 'eyes and ears' ? the Alcoholics Anonymous organisation ? he unravels the truth behind recent events.

This book is an extended version of a short-lived novella that had a GOODREADS score of 4.33 from 9 ratings.