The Endless Struggle: Part Three of the Ayton Cycle

Through the eyes of three generations of a family living in a small town in the English Midlands, the endless struggle between the budget-restrained forces of Law and Order and the powerful and opulent international and regional crime networks in the town is graphically portrayed. The mafia-style gangs are increasing in number and in the range and potency of their drugs. They are also beginning to engage in gun-running with a consequent increase in gun-related violence in the town with, in some cases, the injury and more rarely the death of innocent members of the Public....

Consequent on the assassination by one of the town’s mafia gangs of the Chief Constable of the town a new Chief Officer has been appointed. She has immediately developed a vigorous strategy for dismantling the town’s criminal gangs, which is already in its early months showing signs of success.

One of the main syndicates decides that the attacks and raids on their grow houses, brothels, safe houses and other premises in the town cannot go unrevenged and unpunished. They plot a response and hope to invite other criminal gangs to join them. ... The drugs market is rapidly changing and the Police response strategy is also changing. The scene is set for a major showdown.