Dimensions
163 x 234 x 21mm
Meredith Mitchell is delighted when an old friend from her consular days, Toby Smythe, turns up on leave between foreign postings. But Toby's not there to reminisce - he needs the help of Meredith's fiancé, Detective Superintendent Alan Markby.
Alison Jenner, a relative of Toby's, has been receiving anonymous hate mail linked to a trial that happened twenty-five years ago. The court acquitted Alison of murdering her aunt, but obviously someone out there feels she still needs to pay.
Markby is at first reluctant to get involved - after all, he and Meredith are trying to plan their wedding - but when enquiries into a poison pen campaign turn into a murder hunt, the preparations are put on hold.
With the help of Inspector Jessica Campbell, a new member of Markby's team, and Meredith and Toby, the investigation unravels a twenty-five-year-old mystery and its dreadful legacy of violence.
