'One of Britain's most consistently excellent crime novelists' The Times '[Reginald Hill] keeps one on the edge of one's wits throughout a bitterly enthralling detection thriller' Sunday Times

Where better for a hitman to retire than in the Lake District, where the air is healthy and the scenery spectacular? And when Jaymith meets attractive young widow, Anya Wilson, he can't believe his luck.

But Jaysmith soon discovers that settling down to the quiet life is not as easy as it seems. His old employers aren't keen to lose him, his past is always lying in wait, and when Anya introduces him to her family, Jaysmith realizes there's no way out.

He's back in business, and it makes little difference that this time it's to defend, not destroy. However you wrap it up, his one accessible talent is the Long Kill.

About the Author

Reginald Hill was brought up in Cumbria, and has returned there after many years in Yorkshire. With his first crime novel, A Clubbable Woman, he was hailed as 'the crime novel's best hope' and twenty years on he has more than fulfilled that prophecy.

Reviews

'Reginald Hill writes brilliantly throughout, creating memorable characters with chiselled skill'
Sunday Times

'Hill is among the most entertaining and invigorating detective novelists writing at present'
TLS

Book Information
ISBN 9780007334841
Author Reginald Hill
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint HarperCollins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 190g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 17mm