Sent from London to New York to bring a dying friend's message to his daughter, Mary, Sam Dean arrives in Queens, steeped in a mesh of Caribbean and Hispanic culture, looking forward to reconnecting with family and old friends.

But his relaxing holiday turns dark when Mary disappears, and Sammy is caught up in a world of murder, sex, and corrupt politics that threatens to turn his world upside down.

Melded with social commentary around race, class and gentrification, Point of Darkness is a gripping thriller, still eerily relevant.

Mike Phillips is a writer and academic. He is the author of an award-winning crime fiction series and winner of the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger. He served as a Trustee for the National Lottery Memorial Fund and was a member of the independent 'Windrush: Lessons Learned Review' commissioned by the Home Secretary and which reported in 2020.