Good PeopleShortlisted for the 2012 Crime Writers Association New Blood Dagger for best first novel Introducing DS Glyn Capaldi, half Welsh, half Italian, all maverick. Hes fallen from grace in Cardiff and exiled to be the catch all detective in the big bit in the middle that God gave to the sheep. A place where nothing of any significance is meant to happen, a place where supposedly he can do little harm. But trouble have a way of catching up with Capaldi. Six

Did I hate him

is chasing the holy grail of modern science - a drug which will reverse ageing and make people look young again

But there is no precise evidence to link the two cases

whove been in training for this mission for most of their lives

where nobody can be trusted

and just one working toilet

dreary town somewhere in a magical

On the road lives will collide and be changed forever

He must achieve the impossible if Weena is to be saved

now in the possession of the Earl of Essex

sexual scandal

He submits to an alien moral system - one among many to be found in these pages