Alex Connor is running away from life After his wife's death he wanted nothing but oblivion Only his friend Sarah kept him going Now she's been murdered, and though the police have the killer they don't have her body Paul Kearney is a policeman It's his job to look death in the eye - however sinister form it takes Wound together by their search, if they're going to save themselves and the people they love, they need to go to a place where normal rules don't apply, a place where life is only the first thing you lose