Debt of Shadows

In the decaying Ravenwood Estate of Ashwick, a misleading debt collection letter sets off a chain of survival-driven violence. Detective Marcus Hale pursues the killer of a petty loan shark, only to uncover a community where desperation has erased all moral boundaries. When the guilty party is finally imprisoned, Hale is forced to confront an unbearable truth: the machinery of poverty grinds on, and his victory has healed nothing. A dark, character-driven crime novel in the vein of Minette Walters.