IRON ROSE (P/B)

WHEN MEN IN POLICE UNIFORMS CAME TO EXECUTE ME ON THE ROADSIDE, BESIDE DARK FIELDS, IT WAS A DEFINITE SIGN THAT MY NEW LIFE WAS OVER.' A REGULAR AT THE LOCAL PUB, A MAINSTAY OF THE FOOTY TEAM, MAC FARADAY IS A MAN WITH A PAST LIVING THE QUIET LIFE OF A COUNTRY BLACKSMITH. BUT WHEN HIS BEST FRIEND NED LOWEY IS FOUND HANGED, MAC - WHO HAS LEARNED THE HARD WAY NEVER TO ACCEPT THINGS AT FACE VALUE - ISN'T CONVINCED HE COMMITTED SUICIDE AND STARTS ASKING QUESTIONS. WHY DID NED KEEP PRESS CUTTINGS ABOUT THE SKELETON OF A GIRL FOUND IN AN OLD MINE SHAFT? WHAT WAS HE DOING AT KINROSS HALL, THE LOCAL DETENTION CENTRE FOR JUVENILE GIRLS? WHO WAS THE BEATEN GIRL FOUND NAKED BESIDE A LONELY ROAD? AS MAC'S SEARCH FOR ANSWERS PUSHES DEEPER INTO THE PAST, IT RESURRECTS THE TERRIFYING SPECTRE OF WHAT HE CALLS HIS 'OLD LIFE', FORCING HIM TO TURN TO LONG-DISCARDED SKILLS NOT ONLY TO DISCOVER WHY HIS BEST FRIEND DIED, BUT ALSO TO SAVE HIS OWN LIFE.