MacNeice finds himself in the line of fire when two seemingly random acts of violence lead him deep into
the seedy underbelly of Dundurn.

On a cold morning in early spring, the body of a young woman is found trapped in the ice of Dundurn Bay. The
next day at dawn, a homeless man discovers an unconscious school teacher in a public park. Gagged and bound with
duct tape, the man is rigged to an elaborate bomb that’s been set to blow if anyone attempts to free him.

Detective Superintendent MacNeice and his team are called in to investigate the two seemingly unrelated crimes
and quickly find themselves venturing into the dive bars and rooming houses of Dundurn, where Irish immigrants rub
elbows with mercenaries and the city’s criminal underclass …