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The clock is ticking on Erasmus Jones’ deadliest case yet… Jaded lawyer Erasmus Jones has been hired to protect the footballing world’s latest protégé – and while it’s a job he may not like, he can’t refuse. Thrust into the hedonistic world of the football elite, Erasmus discovers a sinister underbelly to the beautiful game, riddled with corruption, deceit… and murder.It’s his most high-profile case yet… and it should be enough. But when the only woman he has ever loved appears, begging for him to help her, Erasmus finds himself caught between two deadly cases: and his professional instincts tested more than ever before.With mere seconds on the clock, Erasmus must make a choice: put his client’s life on the line, or turn his back on his past. Because there can only be one winner… and the penalty could be death.

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One choice: run…or die. It is a time of austerity. Financial cuts are biting hard and the once great City of Liverpool finds itself now almost bankrupt. At the eleventh hour funding is found in the form of enigmatic billionaire Kirk Bovind, a religious zealot, determined to change the moral fibre and bring salvation to the streets.Against this backdrop a man disappears without trace. Solitary lawyer, Erasmus Jones, agrees to track the missing Stephen down, but quickly discovers that this is more than just a missing person case. Men are being brutally murdered across the city and Erasmus discovers that Bovind, the murdered men and Stephen once knew each other as boys…How long can the past be kept secret? How long can secrets stay hidden? And who will be the next to die…? Look out for Book 2 in the Erasmus Jones series: Sudden DeathPraise for Phil Kurthausen“This pulls you in at 100 mph. [The] sense of place is terrific. A great central character. I love Erasmus Jones.” – Mark Billingham“Totally un-putdownable.. Quite Outstanding.” – Jeffrey Archer"Wonderfully written, tightly written, Erasmus Jones is like Jack Reacher. Wonderful." – Cathy Kelly“I read ahead of myself. Just cracking. Macabre, brilliant.” – Penny Smith