The sad variety Author Surname:Blake each of whom has something

each of whom has something to hide about the night of her death - find themselves in an elaborate game of cat and mouse as they race to uncover what happened to her

Introducing Detective Nicola Bridge

In very different ways

he investigates further

a woman is murdered with horrific brutality: crude abuse scrawled above her bloodied bed

The sad variety Author Surname:Blake each of whom has somethingThe government's security department have asked private detective Nigel Strangeways to keep a discreet eye on Professor Alfred Wagley, a research scientist who is spending the Christmas holidays in the South West of England. But someone else is also very interested in the professor and his work.