Free-wheeling London detective Todd "Ratso" Holtom is on the front-line against a ruthless international gang that imports drugs into the UK and Europe. His nephew has died from drug abuse and Ratso is obsessed with bringing down the king-pin who seems immune from arrest. The trail leads to the USA and the Bahamas where he is helped by Kirsty-Ann Webber, a svelte Florida detective. Mayfair club-land and the Mediterranean feature as Operation Clam races to a climax in a series of dramatic confrontations. Inspired by the facts of a true crime and set against the background of the war in Afghanistan from where the drugs are coming, Ratso enters a political minefield involving Scotland Yard and the Ministry of Defence in London and the Pentagon and State Department in Washington DC.


Praise for Douglas Stewart's Books

"A clever blend of villainy" - Sunday Times
"Stewart's writing is fast-moving and laced with that natural British sarcasm that comes so effortlessly. Tough to put down" - Richard Marcus
"Do read this superb novel" - Sunday Independent
"He makes us think but entertains us" - Evening Telegraph
"So hard to put down" - A1 Crime