Author: Leye AdenleModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 10 September 2026 by Simon & Schuster Ltd in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 400 pages197 x 130 x 27 | 282g The first novel in a sharp, timely and darkly funny new private investigator series from a vivid and unforgettable voice in the genre – perfect for fans of Mick Herron's Zoë Boehm and Robert Galbraith's Cormoran Strike. ‘Fresh, fast, compelling, convincing ... A cracking start to a brilliant and original new series’ ANNA MAZZOLA ‘Adenle is crime fiction’s best new voice for years’ LEE CHILD?‘Leye Adenle has my vote for crown prince of crime writers in the UK’ JAMES ELLROY‘I love Adenle’s books. Clear, authentic and wonderfully engaging’ DEON MEYERBobby Fatokun is no stranger to conspiracies. A former police officer turned ‘Bad Coach’, he now reforms corrupt officers within the Met. But when a client requests an urgent meet and then turns up dead, Bobby suspects there's more to the story than an accidental death.Bobby's investigation leads him to a church where the victim had been working undercover, but he isn't the only one asking questions …The church's wealthy pastor has a powerful enemy at the heart of the British Establishment - one who will stop at nothing to neutralise a threat. As the pieces of their dangerous gambit fall into place, Bobby will have to tread lightly, or his search for the truth will turn deadly.
