This innocent-looking little book is easily read in an hour or two. It is another fantastic whirlwind of violence and intrigue from Allan Guthrie, who is fast becoming a master in his genre. It hits you a powerful punch in the very first paragraph and just gets darker from there on in.

In brief, Carlos is a hitman. He receives an anonymous request to kill Valerie Anderson. Only trouble is, Valerie is his mum. Another problem lies in the way the note is worded. It could only have been written by one of two people - his mum or his wife!

The plot thickens as Carlos tries to work out who could possibly want his mum dead. And why. He resorts to asking her if she knows of any reason why somebody might want to kill her and together they hatch a plot to catch the culprit, but not everything goes to plan and before too long there are dead bodies everywhere.