Description

THE WINNER OF THE 2022 FINGERPRINT AWARDS’ CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DR RUTH GALLOWAY MYSTERIES

A propulsive new thriller set in London featuring Detective Harbinder Kaur. A murderer hides in plain sight – in the police.

DS Cassie Fitzherbert has a secret. When she was at school, she and her friends were responsible for the death of a fellow pupil. Decades later, Cassie is happily married and loves her job as a police officer.

Her husband persuades her to go to a school reunion and another ex-pupil, Garfield Rice, is found dead, supposedly from a drug overdose. As Garfield was an eminent MP and the investigation is high profile, it’s headed by Cassie’s new boss, DI Harbinder Kaur. Trouble is, Cassie can’t shake the feeling that one of her old friends is behind it.

Is Cassie right, or was Garfield murdered by one of his political cronies? It’s in Cassie’s interest to skew the investigation so that it looks like the latter and she seems to be succeeding.

Until someone else is killed…

PRAISE FOR ELLY GRIFFITHS:

‘Elly Griffiths writes with a sharp, smart eye and great elegance’ PETER JAMES

‘Great on character and suspense’ VAL MCDERMID

‘One of my flat-out favourite contemporary suspense writers’ AJ FINN

Publisher Review

As ever, Griffiths skilfully blends complex plotting with a cast of wonderfully vivid characters * Mail on Sunday * This standalone thriller is a page-turner with an engaging cast of characters. It provides an enjoyable take on the classic killer-at-a-school-reunion, horror-movie trope, before delivering a jaw-dropping twist * Sunday Express * Witty takes on life, love and relationships pepper the novel and make the plot all the more appealing * Belfast Telegraph * The third outing for Detective Harbinder Kaur, this is an easy-to-read, rewarding mystery * Best * Filled with Griffiths's trademark good humour, this is not only a well-researched police procedural but also a very comforting novel * Literary Review * Once again Elly Griffiths has created an ingenious mystery with hidden depths * The Times * A tightly paced, character-driven book * Woman & Home * A cleverly plotted page-turner that's well up to Griffiths's vertiginously high standard * Guardian *