A drizzly Manchester night, a hit-and-run. A chance meeting decades later leads ultimately to the exposure of a transatlantic crime family. Their story begins during the twenties New York prohibition era and follows its evolution into a modern-day underworld business. Jake Hughes and DI Jonty Ball threaten the empire, and, as a web of murder and deceit is exposed, the crime family bares its' teeth, leading to an explosive finale where the winner takes all! Or do they? A crime novel with a touch of paranormal. read.