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Genre veteran Curzon produces a tangled web of mystery from a cleverly concocted plot, out-of-the-ordinary characters, and a surprise ending. At 94, Emily Withers is incapable of taking care of herself, but she has a committed group of caregivers, including her grandniece Alyson. But that changes when a member of the support group disappears, and a shady insurance adjuster appears, claiming that he has been appointed to revalue Emily's near-priceless art collection. More mayhem follows, until Thames Valley Superintendent Mike Yeadings and his team arrive to unravel the mess. This straightforward village procedural offers solid entertainment for those who like to mix cops and cozies.
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Product Description
One freezing February evening, a Filipino barman named Ramon witnesses someone plunging from the seventh story of a luxury penthouse. Instead of calling the police, he heads straight for the apartment from which the body has fallen. It belongs to an old woman with a mysterious past, who could not get out of bed by herself.
Superintendent Mike Yeadings and Sergeant Rosemary Zycynski lead the investigation. Searching for a link between a teenage drug victim, a missing care assistant, and an unidentified corpse, they discover further mysteries behind the glass wall of the penthouse. Other lives are threatened and the circle of menace widens to involve the dead woman’s unhappily married doctor and estranged granddaughter.
Clare Curzon’s latest mystery masterfully unpicks the events and motives that lead toward the apparent murder of a woman already mortally frail. Her brilliantly fast-paced style keeps the pages turning as the chilling truth is gradually revealed.
