Closing the Distance "e;I want you to find someone,"e; Deborah said. "e;I want you to find me."e; Jack Shepherd takes on this bizarre commission and his client disappears. The body of her therapist surfaces in the Severn Estuary. And a second-string villain comes out of the woodwork, also looking for Deborah. The search takes a series of dark and brutal turns. Shepherd battles to stay on the right side of the law, and in the process unearths a story which goes back 15 years to a bloody massacre in a Kosovan village. Changing the Odds "e;Syme Park millionaire disappears... The story of the Bristol PI and the blood-stained parquet floor grows curiouser and curiouser"e; As the headlines grow more cynical by the day, Jack Shepherd realises his search for a retired bookie can only end in misery. In accepting May Marsh's commission to find her husband, he is pitched into a world of ruthless exploitation, unbending violence and a heart stopping confrontation with the city's criminal royalty - the Settle family.