This is Parson's best crime novel so far and underlines his exceptional talent for sensing the zeitgeist." (Daily Mail). A band of vigilante executioners roam London's hot summer nights, abducting evil men and hanging them by the neck until dead. SENTENCED TO DEATH - the gang member who's abused vulnerable girls; the wealthy drunk driver who's mowed down a child; and the hate preacher calling for the murder of British soldiers. As the bodies pile up and riots explode across the sweltering city, DC Max Wolfe hunts a gang of killers who many believe to be heroes. And discovers that the lust for revenge starts very close to home...