Publisher's Synopsis
"Stallwood is in the top rank of crime writers." DAILY TELEGRAPH "Stallwood continues to demonstrate that there is life after Colin Dexter." THE TIMES Writer Kate Ivory can't believe her luck when she's head-hunted by an ambitious young editor at a successful Oxford publishing house. But her good fortune is to be short-lived. Her new editor, the well-respected Neil Orson, falls victim to a gang of financial fraudsters - overnight, his bank accounts have been emptied and massive debts run up in his name. So when one of the criminals responsible is found dead, it is Neil to whom the police turn in search of a suspect. It seems it's up to Kate to find out who the real murderer is...
