The Judas Sheep

Detective Inspector Charlie Priest of the East Pennine force is officially on sick leave, but this brief break from work comes to an abrupt end when Mrs Marina Norris's chauffeur is found dead from unnatural causes - namely a blast to the head from a Kalashnikov. Charlie is the first to learn that Mrs Norris herself hasn't been home since the murder and begins to suspect the worst, but her husband, a millionaire American tobacco tycoon, is distinctly unfazed by this fact. Though Charlie is convinced there is a link between the murder and the disappearance, leads are few and far between and he reluctantly agrees to come off the case.
Meanwhile, big-time drug smugglers on the Hull-Rotterdam run demand his attention. His contact, Kevin, is a lowly cog in the great smuggling wheel, and easily hoodwinked into believing that Charlie's line of business is similar to his own. But the real villains are not such a pushover, and when Charlie uncovers a connection with his previous enquiry he realises that he's on very dangerous territory indeed.