From the Number One Bestselling Crime Author, a brilliant new SHORT STORY featuring murder detective Max Wolfe who is haunted by a nightmare of his own making ...

As detectiveMax Wolferecovers from the injuries sustained inThe Murder Bag, a figure from his past comes back into his life: his childhood sweetheart, now stalked and threatened by her violent ex-partner.

As Max attempts to protect her, he is haunted by a nightmare of his own: the reappearance of the terrorist he killed with his car at the start ofThe Murder Bag.

Are they visions brought on by the medication Max is taking? Or is he going mad?

Or do some people just have to be killed twice?

Praise for the DC Max Wolfe series

'Tense and human, fast and authentic'Lee Child

'A relentless plot, evocative prose and compelling characters conspire to make this a must read'Jeffery Deaver

'Great plotting, great characters and at least two eye-widening twists I didn't see coming'Sophie Hannah

'I've long been a fan of Tony Parsons' writing. This is brilliant stuff!'Peter James

Tony Parsons left school at sixteen and his first job in journalism was at theNew Musical Express. His first journalism after leaving theNMEwas when he was embedded with the Vice Squad at 27 Savile Row, West End Central. The roots of the DC Max Wolfe series started here.

Since then he has become an award-winning journalist and bestselling novelist whose books have been translated into more than forty languages.The Murder Bag, the first novel in the DC Max Wolfe series, went to number one on first publication in the UK. All of the DC Max Wolfe novels have beenSunday Timestop five bestsellers.

Tony lives in London with his wife, his daughter and their dog, Stan.