Derry's hairstylists are running scared as the second in their circle is found slain in the most horrific manner imaginable. Even seasoned DI Liam McLaughlin is shocked when he comes upon the scene. What deranged mind would stoop to such depths and, more importantly, why? It had to be something much worse than a bad perm. Can the ragtag...

 DI Liam McLaughlin and DS Nancy D'Arcy are seasoned pros, but even their skills are stretched when a battered body turns up in an alley across from the hair salon. Declan Hoagett was a seemingly harmless wino who spent his days hanging out on the street corner where the bank used to be. He rarely asked for handouts, though occasionally...

 It was one drink too many for 72-year-old Evelyn Guilfoyle, found dead the morning after a raucous party in the family’s back garden pub. But the woman had a terminal illness and would have been dead before the year was out anyway. Why the hurry...?

Family, friends and neighbors had crammed into the tiny pub that night. DI Liam McLaughlin...