An exclusive short story featuring DC Max Wolfe from Tony Parsons, theSunday TimesNo. 1 bestselling author ofThe Murder Bag

The gruesome discovery of the body of an old man on Hampstead Heath leads DC Max Wolfe deep into gangland London. Could the dead man's connections to the Krays and the Richardsons be behind the killing? As Max delves deeper, he uncovers a new gang war, one that could have terrible consequences for him and the people he loves.

Tony Parsons left school at sixteen and his first job in journalism was at theNew Musical Express. His first journalism after leaving theNMEwas when he was embedded with the Vice Squad at 27 Savile Row, West End Central. The roots of the DC Max Wolfe series started here.

Since then he has become an award-winning journalist and bestselling novelist whose books have been translated into more than forty languages.The Murder Bag, the first novel in the DC Max Wolfe series, went to number one on first publication in the UK. All of the DC Max Wolfe novels have beenSunday Timestop five bestsellers.

Tony lives in London with his wife, his daughter and their dog, Stan.