When two trawlermen are murdered, an old police acquaintance, Tom Blackwell, asks Hawk to house a main witness in the forthcoming murder trial. But are Blackwell's motives quite as honourable as he makes out? Almost certainly not. Within days Hawk is caught up in a huge drug deal, becomes a likely IRA target and has severe doubts about the murder charge itself...The witness, a charming down-and-out called Liam Kinsella, isn't Hawk's only unwanted...