Winner of the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award

It''s Manchester, 1998, and the funeral party for Henry Bane''s father is interrupted by a woman from Bane''s past. Róisín is back in his life after an eight-year absence, inconvenient for Jan, his latest flame. Róisín has brought a wounded boyfriend with her - and a lot more trouble is following them up north.

Meanwhile, a Yardie who goes by the name of ''Hagfish'' wants to take over the local ganglords'' territory with Mary, his terrifying weapon of choice. It''s Hagfish against Bane in a new turf war: a war that will claim lives and cement vendettas. It''s a conflict steeped in half-forgotten history: a history that Bane and Róisín are forever tied to - and which ties them together.