The Boy on the Beach

The Boy Jamie Armstrong has it all: wealthy parents, a loving home life and at thirteen he’s just fallen in love for the first time. Then a plane crash rips it all apart and he’s thrust into the impoverished and predatory world of a Glasgow slum. Escaping, he returns to a Northumberland beach and memories of childhood holidays. Utterly dejected and seeing no hope for the future, he wades into the sea and sinks below the surface. Rescue brings with it a new family and a chance to recover from his ordeal. However the murky world he left behind has not forgotten him and he soon finds that more than one person wants him dead. No matter how far he runs, they will find him. The PI Harry Prior, a retired military detective, haunted by a life dealing with the worst man has to offer. Hired to protect Jamie he sees a chance to balance the scales on the side of good by unravelling the mystery surrounding him and his parents. Together he and DCI Jane Shaw investigate Jamie’s connection to a string of murders and the shadowy figure behind them. The Killer Feared and mysterious, Mr Burton is the man people turn to when a problem needs a permanent solution. Hired to silence a teenage boy, it should be Burton’s easiest pay day in years. Can Harry save the boy and unmask the assassin, or will Jamie’s body be added to the growing number of Burton’s victims?