And Your Enemies Closer

★ ★ ★ 1/2 (rounded up)
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.

WHAT'S AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER ABOUT?
I keep accidentally spoiling something when writing this section, so I'm just going to borrow Audible's summary:

In the North West criminal underworld, a deal goes tragically wrong, resulting in war between the two main organised crime factions in the region. Shockwaves rock the 30-mile gap between Liverpool and Manchester - with retired detective Brendan Foley right in the middle of it all.

For Brendan, six months after his resignation, life is all different. His marriage is a mess, he's working as a nightclub bouncer, his brother is still missing and he just can't stop searching for the crime family that destroyed his life. And at last, he's found them - and he's got them bang to rights.

Iona Madison, his one-time partner and now successor as a DI in Warrington Police, is tasked with a body pulled from the River Mersey - a teen-age boy that went missing the previous year, which might bring her own conduct into question. Not only that, Brendan is feeding her information whether she likes it or not - and his unsanctioned activities are causing her headaches.

And now, there's a price on his head. A million pounds, dead or alive.

And Your Enemies Closer is a serpentine race against time as Brendan and Iona must stay one step ahead of criminals at every corner, while trying to bring justice - in whatever form it takes, and whatever loyalties it might burn.

Far from the Tree

Foley comes across as the kind of cop you want to read about, the kind that you like to think you can find in police forces all over the world—sure, he needs some marriage counseling and needs to do some serious work when it comes to his kids. But who doesn't have problems?

AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER

* With the possible exception of The Empire Strikes Back

Far from the Tree