Published by Faber and Faber Ltd, 2012
Leeds, 1940: a city on fire.
On the night of the Luftwaffe's fiercest bombardment, Captain Abraham Matthews has finally caught up with Albie Crowe, the champion of a gang of petty thieves. But even as the sirens wail, a gang of Albie's loyal boys are picking their way across the city to rescue their leader and fell his captor.