Several months on from the dramatic shootout on Box Hill, D.C.I. Julie Rutter's nemesis is due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey. That will see him out of her life forever and a glowing future with Alex spread out before her. Or will it? Nothing is quite as it seems in this new thriller as Julie's past comes back to haunt her yet again, and places her life, as well of those of the people she loves, on the line one more time.'Relapse' is the third crime thriller in the 'Rutter Books' series.