Front Cover; About the Author; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Christmas Eve; Christmas Day; Boxing Day; 27 December; 28 December; 29 December; 30 December; New Year's Eve; The New Year; Acknowledgements
Summary
On Christmas Eve, 1943, the newly formed but undermanned Homicide division of the Melbourne police force is called to investigate the vicious double murder of a father and son. When Military Intelligence becomes involved, Homicide's Inspector Titus Lambert must unravel the personal from the political. If only the killings had stopped at two. The police are desperate to come to grips with an extraordinary and disquieting upsurge of violence. For Constable Helen Lord, it is an opportunity to make her mark in a male-dominated world where she is patronised as a novelty. For Detective Joe Sable