<p>It was a simple enough job for Harry Becker; return a stolen handbag to Evelyn Crowley...</p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">And then Mrs. Crowley requests his help with another matter-locate the daughter she had given up to adoption.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Given his dubious standing amongst his former police colleagues,&nbsp;he only barely manages to achieve that. Then she asks him to take on another job-find out who is blackmailing her....</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">That's when life becomes a lot more intense for the disgraced cop.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Married to a big shot at a Canberra city bank; she knows what is going on behind the vaults and people want her dead because of it.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Things go from worse, to unbearable, as Harry Becker tries to get her out of harm's way. What began as a simple assignment has become a dangerous love affair and abandoning Evelyn is not an option for Becker. For him, there is no way out-not when he loves a woman like </span><em>Evelyn Crowley</em>.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Gordon Reid has written an intense tale of deception and desperation. It begins slowly and carefully, then picks up speed with calculated intent and becomes a book that is unbearable to put down...</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>