![]() ![]() And as her father is a peer, surgeon to the Royal Family and also close friends with the Home Secretary - the media attention, and pressure on the detectives investigating the disappearance is immense.ĭS Manon Bradshaw is our main sleuth and firmly in the tradition of the flawed but endearing investigator. Each of her friends and extremely well connected family has a version of the truth, but none quite adds up. Of interest to queer readers are a lesbian and also a gay angle to the plot which are both crucial, although to elaborate would spoil the pleasures of the novel’s numerous twists.Ī beautiful, socially aware Cambridge post-grad, Edith Hind, disappears from her home after a drunken Saturday night out with a friend, leaving just her coat, a smear of blood and a half-open door. This literary crime novel has been highly praised in the UK since it was published last year. ![]()
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