At Moss Side, Manchester, Anders Svensson Is On The Trail Of Drug Baron Merlin And His Lieutenant Flow, A Man So Dangerous His Type Is Said To Appear Only Once In A Decade. Svensson Himself Is A Renegade Detective With A Network Of Informants Second To None - Mainly The Girlfriends Of Gang Members, Who Come To Him For Protection... Researched On The Front Line And Told Like A Thriller, Hood Rat Delivers An Urban Underworld. This Is Reporting That Pulls No Punches: An Unflinching Look At Modern Britain That Asks Urgent Questions About Our Hidden Society Whilst Never Losing The Pulse Of The Human Stories At Its Heart. Gavin Knight.