On the mean streets of south London, Jamaican DI Georgia Johnson and her partner DS Stephanie Green are on the case of an ex-con suspected of murder.

After serving twelve years in prison for armed robbery, former gang leader Jason Young is determined to put his criminal past behind him. He returns to the rundown south London estate he used to terrorize in an attempt to persuade his ex-girlfriend Chantelle to join him. But then Chantelle's aunt—the woman who'd ratted Jason out to the police all those years ago—is murdered.

While Det. Inspector Georgia Johnson and Det. Sergeant Stephanie Green investigate, Jason must draw on all his cunning and criminal experience to track down the real culprit, keep himself from going back to prison—and stay alive in the process.

Brotherhood of Blades is the first book in the DI Johnston and DS Green Mysteries.