Blackout
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MatureOngoing13h 2m
Last published Tue, Sep 2, 2014
A spate of brutal murders in the Midlands aren't as straightforward as they seem and for one Detective Inspector, things are about to change forever...
DI Pritchard is a man on the edge. Almost one year after his wife and son are murdered, he returns to work and quickly finds himself working on a murder case where the body count keeps on rising. One of the victims turns out to be the brother of a man he sent down almost one year ago in an undercover operation that left him harbouring personal demons,
Alan soon discovers that there's more to the murders than meets the eye. Evidence quickly stacks up, pointing towards a conspiracy that goes to the very top and Alan soon learns that the very people he works for may be involved...
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