The seventeenth novel in the 'savagely comic and expertly choreographed' Harpur and lles series. (quote Matthew Coady, Guardian) Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his amoral superior ACC Desmond lles face a political and personal dilemma when they suspect a police officer of taking bribes from underworld villains, panicking Ralphy Ember and Mansel Shale. Is Nivette doing some unauthorised undercover work, or is he really bent? And where has the body of Slow Victor gone? Trussed up in the cabin of a deserted boat one minute, gone the next. Harpur starts to make the connection, but not in time to save Nivette.