A gory London crime scene sets detectives Al Wilde and Jolene Edwards off on a hunt for a ruthless serial killer, whom the press soon dub The Angel of Death.
But what if the only person who might solve the case is the man they previously accused of the first murder? Denzel Williams is young, black and angry - absolutely the last person who wants to help the police.
Back in the 1970s, in a parallel time line, Adelina, a young Angolan teenager is kidnapped from her village and trained in a top secret Soviet telepathy programme.
Twisted City is a dark, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic tale of identity, morality and mortality. Is anybody truly who they appear to be?