Deadly Intent - Lynda La Plante

Alexander Fitzpatrick is one of the most wanted men in the Western world. His wealth runs into millions. Handsome and supremely dangerous, operating under numerous aliases, Fitzpatrick is a drug-trafficker who has eluded arrest for more than 30 years. For the past decade there has been no sighting of him anywhere. A fatal shooting in a notorious drug dealers' squat in London means the murder squad gathers. The dead man is an ex-police officer. DI Anna Travis is at the scene, trying to connect the presence of her ex-colleague with such desperate surroundings. Her formidable new boss, DCI Carol Cunningham, impatient for results and frustrated by the total lack of credible suspects, is constantly challenging her. Determined to find answers, Anna tries to put all thought of her previous boss/lover, James Langton, out of her mind and strikes out on her own. She knows that Frank had recently married, and that his grieving widow Julia is a glam, wealthy woman. Then Anna discovers that Julia had an ex-partner with the name of one of Fitzpatrick's aliases ... Energized by her findings, terrified by their implication, Anna comes under increasing fire from Cunningham to toe the line. A new personal relationship beckons, but then comes the last person Anna ever wanted to see again ...