A mutilated body apparently washed up on a windswept beach... A violent criminal gang preys on moped riders across the area... A teenage girl is desperate to escape sexual exploitation... It's a tough introduction to Merseyside for Detective Inspector April Decent, who's just arrived from her native Yorkshire. Together with new colleague Skeeter Warlock, Decent quickly discovers there's a sinister link between them all, one that will bring them face-to-face with some uncomfortable home truths. Catch as Catch Can is the first in the Merseyside Crime Series from Malcolm Hollingdrake - bestselling author of the Harrogate Crime Series.