East End criminal and alcoholic, Liam Reilly had no option but to leave his wife and kids in London following a horrific fire at his home. Forced to leave England and like so many people with something to hide he found himself in the Red Light District of Amsterdam. Within hours he was arrested for murder but his luck seemed to change when he received an unexpected offer, he couldn't refuse, from one of Amsterdam's most notorious gangland bosses - to manage the Love Shack, a bar and brothel. It soon turned sour and on New Year's Eve 1999, when once again, his violent past caught up with him and the Love Shack was firebombed while he and his girls held a private party. Who was responsible for the atrocity? Would anyone survive to track down the perpetrators?"Another great thriller from Sclater""I've been waiting a long time for this one...""A world I knew little about"