Retribution, reconciliation, and a fatal hit-and-run. But does Kiki's adjustment lie with the victim, or his killer?

SYNOPSIS:

London gangster, Kris Savva delivers his farewell speech at Longmoor Manor, before Kiki Carruthers is cleared for her part in his son’s murder. But with a price upon her head, she vacates London for Paris (her place of birth). Whilst there, she meets her estranged mother and clears the air, due to the bad history between them. In the meantime, Kris Savva falls foul of his enemies when he is attacked in his own bed. Detectives DCI Must and DI Pearson are given the case and hunt down his assailants. And when Kiki Carruthers returns to London, she visits her ex-partner Shelley Peters, before she is assessed then reinstated as a detective on probation in the Essex Constabulary. Her new challenge to work with white Afrikan, DI Nunn, after a fatal hit-and-run occurs locally. In her search for the culprit behind Mitchell Bodley's murder, Kiki is mowed down when the contract on her life comes to fruition. But as she delves closer to solving who is behind the hit-and-run, her empathy for sexual attack victim Nancy Burrows increases. With the order of the day retribution, Shane Burrows pays the price for his wife’s red mist when he is confronted by the knife wielding Joss; brother of victim, Mitchell. The trauma of his fatal attack causes Nancy to miscarry, leaving her isolated and inconsolable, until Kiki pays her a visit and offers solace, and a way out.

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER