⚠️ TW: violence, drug trafficking, drug use, homophobic slurs, brief mentions of child sexual abuse ⚠️ This book follows Laura Hart who was once a top hostage and crisis negotiator for the Greater Manchester Police until the day her husband, a fellow police officer, was taken hostage and killed in the line of duty. After this harrowing ordeal she moved to her home town on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales with their children, Rosie and Jake. 3 years on and they are all still grieving and healing when Laura gets a call to say a group of armed drug dealers have seized a tourist boat and taken the crew and passengers hostage and her son is on board. However there is no hostage negotiator in this small town police force so the police desperately need her help. But can she step up and lay to rest the ghosts of her past in time to save her son? Wow this book will truly have you on the edge of your seat and not be able to put it down! I loved so much about this book from its suspenseful and page turning action to the background stories and the characters that interweave to make it such an incredible start to a new series. I did find it a little slow to begin with but after I hit chapter 9/10 I ended up reading it in one sitting because I just could not put it down and I needed to know what happened next and what the outcome was for certain plot points and characters. Also, I loved the great representation with chronic illness rep for DI Gareth Williams who has Klinefelter Syndrome and wiyh Laura's sister, Anna, who has MS. And secondly, it had the cutest LGBTQ+ with two characters. Overall, this was a brilliant read and I highly recommend it.