For DI Don McIntyre, when it comes to Middlesbrough crime lord Tony Pike, it’s personal. So when the murder of a local priest gives him the opportunity to nail his nemesis, he makes his plans accordingly. But Don is about to learn that whether hardened criminal or law-abiding citizen, there’s no easy answer lurking below the surface.Even as he closes in on Pike, Don’s personal life starts to unravel. What is his girlfriend hiding as she tries to distance herself from him? And what is the heart-rending secret that his father has been keeping for all these years? As a policeman, Don knows that people lie and wear false faces for many reasons, but as he struggles to uncover the facts, Don is about to learn that there are no easy truths.