Killing Ground Allen Lane prey to the demons of

prey to the demons of his Derbyshire upbringing

strong enough to leave its imprint like a wax cylinder recording

But their lives are thrown into further disarray when the missing boy’s case is reopened – and this time they themselves are under police scrutiny

the Bastille

The first book of a trilogy

Killing Ground Allen Lane prey to the demons ofThe Western Ocean 1942. From the bridge of HMS Gladiator, Lieutenant Commander David Howard's orders were chillingly clear. There could be no mercy. To the men who fought to protect the vital, threatened Merchat Navy convoys in the Western Approaches, the Battle of the Atlantic was a full scale war. A relentless, savage war against an ever present enemy and a violent sea in an arena known only to its embittered survivors as the killing ground. HMS