Into Dust - Softcover

The Minister for Defence is blown to smithereens in his car on a lonely road in the Brecon Beacons, where he has a weekend hideaway. DI Ned Bale is on the crime scene within seconds, but neither he nor forensics can work out how on earth the crime was committed, let alone who did it, or with what motive.

That is until one fingerprint is found on one tiny fragment of the explosive timing device. The fingerprint of Ned Bale's closest ally in the Force, dog handler Kate Baker. But how on earth could her fingerprint be on a terrorist's bomb. Far away on bomb disposal duty in Afghanistan, Kate has to be questioned.

But Kate herself has become involved with someone extremely plausible, attractive and dangerous. The mystery which unravels through this gripping thriller is completely unexpected.

It doesn't look good. The Minister of Defence is blown apart by a car bomb under the nose of DCI Ned Bale. The security cameras are disabled. No one sees the bomber come and go. No one claims responsibility. No one can work out how or why the crime was committed.

Ned Bale finds his investigation stymied by intelligence agencies, his path strewn with false leads and wild goose chases. Increasingly isolated and vulnerable, he can't turn to his lover and greatest ally, police dog handler Kate Baker. She is on attachment to British forces in Afghanistan, searching for roadside bombs with her sniffer dog.

Then, when he thought things couldn't get any worse, Ned's world is turned upside down by a single, solitary clue. Forensics find a fingerprint on a fragment of the bomb's trigger device: Kate's fingerprint. Now Ned can trust no one; he is no longer the hunter, but the hunted.

INTO DUST - another brilliant thriller starring the same characters as INTO DARKNESS