Edward Blake was a political lobbyist, one of those Thatcherite 80s success stories. When his wife India was kidnapped, he didnβt trouble the police, just paid the twenty-five grand. When she didnβt show up, and the kidnapper went to ground, he did call in the law, and they came to the conclusion that the whole thing was a set-up between India and some secret lover.
But then, three months later, she turned up in a box in an allotment shed near York racecourse, where she had been left to starve to death. Then the police got really interested, especially when they found out about the two and a half million poundsβ worth of life insurance heβd taken out on her the year before. But with no proof, they had to let Blake go in the end.
The insurance company are less than keen on paying out, however. Jill Sheridan, insurance assessor, needs someone to do some legwork, poking around in odd corners of Blakeβs life, and her thoughts turn to an old flame: Sam Turner...
The Sam Turner mysteries, of which this is the fourth, have made John Baker one of the most highly acclaimed new crime writers on the British mystery scene.
PRAISE FOR JOHN BAKER
βIf you donβt know John Baker's work yet, try it because itβs goodβ
Shot in the Dark
βHis characters endear themselves to us, and we care what happens to them. The writing is always quirky, never flashy, and ... he leaves us wanting more of an engaging crew who feel like friends by the end of the bookβ
Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News
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