Book description
'It was the smell that Mrs Powell noticed first. Slightly sweet.
Slightly unpleasant.. It shocked her badly to find a dead man in the
corner, his head slumped on his knees.' Who was Billy Blake, other than
a homeless alcoholic who wandered the streets? Why was he found dead
from starvation in one of the richest areas of one of the richest
capitals in the world? And why did he die alone in the garage of wealthy
architect Amanda Powell - a woman whose wealth can only be explained if
her husband is dead . . .? 'Grips like steel . . . Plays havoc with your
emotions, keeps you awake, ends with joy and relief' Frances Fyfield,
Mail on Sunday 'Atmosphere, imagination and narrative power of which few
other writers are capable' Marcel Berlins, The Times
Minette Walters is England's bestselling female crime
writer. She has won the CWA John Creasey Award for best first crime
novel, the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best crime novel published in
America and two CWA Gold Daggers for Fiction. Minette lives in Dorset
with her husband and two children.
