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Deep within the city there is a world few see and even fewer understand. A world of makeshift tents, forgotten alleys, and drifting souls. It is there that Ewan Whitacker is found dead: a man who once had a family, a job, and a normal life, before falling into the abyss. For many, it would be nothing more than a story buried at the bottom of the page. For Julia Kendall, however, it is the beginning of a mystery. While her grandmother fights for her life in a hospital bed, Julia and her sister Norma follow a trail of clues that leads into the city’s darkest neighborhoods. A priest guarding secrets, a boss who rules the criminal underworld, volunteers who know the streets better than the police, and a mysterious man whose face is crossed by a scar all seem to orbit around the victim. But there is one detail that shatters every certainty: Ewan was not killed in the way everyone believes…