The White Gallows

In Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland the murder rate is soaring and the gardai are struggling to cope with gangland wars, domestic disputes, and drunken brawls that spiral into fatal violence.

To add to Detective Superintendent Colm McEvoy's workload are the deaths of two immigrants - an anonymous Lithuanian youth and an elderly German billionaire.

While one remains an enigma, the murky history of the other is slowly revealed.

But where there is money there is power and, as McEvoy soon learns, if you swim amongst sharks, you better act like a shark.