Evil Turn

When two trawlermen are murdered, an old police acquaintance, Tom Blackwell, asks Hawk to house a main witness in the forthcoming murder trial. But are Blackwell’s motives quite as honourable as he makes out? Almost certainly not. Within days Hawk is caught up in a huge drug deal, becomes a likely IRA target and has severe doubts about the murder charge itself… The witness, a charming down-and-out called Liam Kinsella, isn’t Hawk’s only unwanted house guest. He 's in the charge of two officers from S.O.U, one an attractive 30 year old woman, the other a grumbling and resentful bear of a man called Bill Grogan. Hawk enrols his help to re-investigate the murder. After a testy, monosyllabic start, they become friends. As unforeseen dangers rise to the surface and as Grogan and Hawk set about dealing with them, so the latter's eldest daughter, Fee, joins the party, unannounced. She’s flown in from Tokyo, having just broken up with her long term boyfriend, and needs her father’s support. Her father is only too happy to see her of course but fears that her presence could put her in jeopardy… And on top of that her brother, Con, hasn't been seen or heard from for months. In Hawk's effort to keep his family together, in spite of the miles between them, it seems that Con is the first to break ranks. Hawk is a very English ex-copper. He's full of wit and his unpredictable temper bubbles away beneath the surface. As his children have told him, carefully, he really is too old get into fights and win them. He refuses to believe it...