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It's a war where there can be no winners: a war against corruption. It begins with sordid violence in a public park and ends with ritual child abuse on a smart middle-class estate.
A brutal act of violence in a public park ignites a desperate, high-stakes investigation into a pervasive network of corruption. The protagonist, tasked with navigating a landscape of moral decay, must confront systemic rot that reaches from the city's most sordid corners to the pristine facades of middle-class estates. As the investigation deepens, the narrative exposes the harrowing reality of ritual abuse, forcing the lead to choose between professional duty and personal survival. The story unfolds through a gritty, atmospheric lens that emphasizes the psychological toll of fighting an enemy that seems to exist everywhere and nowhere at once.
This work presents a bleak and uncompromising look at the intersection of institutional failure and individual depravity. The narrative structure suggests a focus on the procedural exhaustion inherent in tackling deep-seated societal corruption. Readers are likely to find the stark contrast between the public violence and the domestic setting a central point of thematic tension. The pacing appears designed to mirror the slow, often frustrating nature of uncovering hidden criminal networks in a modern urban environment.
Page Count:
256
Publication Date:
1993-01-01
Publisher:
HarperCollins Crime Club
ISBN-10:
0002324377
ISBN-13:
9780002324373
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