Double Tap

A property valuer is found murdered in a back lane in a seaside resort in the north of England. It's the spring of 2008 and Walter Walker had made a lot of enemies through his ruthless valuations of homes in the savage credit crunch which followed the financial crisis and the collapse of the Northern Rock banking empire. DI Vic Pollard, back on the force after being falsely framed during an investigation in to the murder of a Tyneside businessman, sets out to find the killer, interviewing a trail of disgruntled property buyers and developers. But something doesn't add up and Pollard finds himself increasingly suspicious of his partner, an attractive travel blogger with seemingly unlimited wealth. He is drawn in to a web of duplicity and a conspiracy to stage many more murders. The only weapon he has to fight with - local knowledge.