Ray Boxall

Bloody Easter Ray Boxall

Crime thriller set in London in the present. Taking place over an eight day period during Easter, what starts as a massive police effort to finally end the criminal career of London's biggest home-grown drug dealer turns into a nightmare as lives are lost, reputations destroyed, and personal relationships are shattered. Nineteen years ago, as a teenager, Detective Inspector Ray Chalmers applied to join the Metropolitan Police Force, arguing it needed people like him from the City's huge social housing estates as they could best relate to the criminals' outlook and lives. But he told lies on his application form. Now, when agreeing to join the Serious Crime Squad that is after London's biggest drug dealer, he omits to mention he once lived with the man's sister-in-law. In attempting to get his revenge on the man for destroying his teenage years, Ray leaves no stone unturned, using his private knowledge of the man. But no-one is prepared for the murderous response of the dealer's secret Russian business associates. Then Ray's secret past returns to haunt him when he meets the nineteen year old girl that he abandoned when she was only five months' old. She has all the answers to the case, but is also the go-between for the drug dealer and his Russian associates, and has long written off her life as valueless. She also has her own secret agenda and, clashing with Ray, unleashes her resentment on him without caring about the possible consequences to herself. It leaves a guilt-stricken Ray with no choice but to prevent her from self-destruction, and stake everything on bringing the dealer and his associates to justice.