Welcome to the second selection of short stories featuring the redoubtable force of nature that is Harry Hawkins. 'H' to friends and enemies alike. The stories add range and depth to a character who has been described as the love child of Jack Regan (The Sweeney) and Jane Tennison (Prime Suspect). The stories track him through a series of some of the defining moments that made him who he is. Intense tragic,comic - but always hard-edged - the five stories span decades and see H both at work and at play.Can he save an innocent victim from descending into despair and madness after his wife is murdered? Put back the pieces of a young girl's life after the loss of her father? Prevent his one time police partner from going on a killing spree after she herself had been targeted by a serial killer? TRIGGER WARNING:If you require a trigger warning of any kind this story is not for you.These stories, and more, are an absolute must for anyone who likes a cracking good yarn or has an interest in the development of a flawed but heroic character, a man who will do whatever it takes to do some good in our dark world.