Unconventional Detective Declan Miller has a problem. Still desperate to solve the murder of his wife a young man has just appeared on his doorstep with a briefcase. . . containing a pair of severed hands. Miller knows this case is proof of a contract killing commissioned by local ne'er do well Wayne Cutler - a man he suspects might also be responsible for his wife's death. Now Miller has leverage but unfortunately he also has something that both Cutler and a villainous fast-food kingpin are desperate to get hold of. Chuck in a Midsomer Murders-obsessed hitman a psychotic welder and a woman driven over the edge by a wayward Creme Egg and Miller is in a mess that even he might not be able to dance his way out of.

Part of the Detective Declan Miller series.