Dead End Street - Heartstopping conclusion to a prizewinning trilogy about a homeless man

Fresh, original, authentic and gritty'' Lee Child

The third and final gritty Newcastle-set crime thriller in this acclaimed trilogy about a PTSD-suffering veteran turned sleuth in the face of local villainy.

A group of vigilantes are carrying out a campaign of harassment against the homeless, hounding them both verbally and physically to get them off the streets. Jimmy Mullen is approached by his friend Gadge, who wants to confront the people behind it but Jimmy has finally got his life back on track. He''s working at a hostel for 18 to 25-year-olds and he''s reluctant to get involved in anything dodgy.

Gadge decides to go it alone but is attacked by two of the vigilantes. The police find him unconscious in an alley, covered in blood. Problem is, there''s a dead body in the alley too and it''s his blood that Gadge is covered in. He''s also got the murder weapon in his hand.

Convinced that Gadge has been set up, and feeling guilty