Hell Is a City

Murder money stained his hands....

A hard-boiled British crime noir following a ruthless escaped convict and the detective hunting him through Manchester's underworld, built on procedural tension and industrial bleakness.

Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England's most wanted man. Ruthless villain Starling together with his cronies engineered a robbery that resulted in the violent death of a young girl. Detective Inspector Martineau has been assigned to hunt him down and bring him in. From seedy barrooms, through gambling dens the trail leads to an explosive climax high on the rooftops of the city.