Dragon's Skin

'David Edge is a Chinese Whisper.' So Constable Carol Porter learns while digging into one of Edge's cold cases, unsure if she's investigating the crime, the crim or the ex-cop. But to petty thief Ben Bovell, Edge is his only friend, his hero, and the one person he can trust - to keep the promise he extracts from Edge when Ben walks into his daughter's day-care centre wearing a bomb. In the aftermath, a cast of cops, crims, muscle for hire, sex workers, street kids and bystanders encounter Edge as he too delves into a past he'd prefer was undisturbed. Who is the real David Edge? David Edge is a Chinese whisper ...