Which is the odd one out:
An ex-call girl wife of a wealthy crook, who has kept one step ahead of the law, a struggling artist married to Stansfield's prospective Conservative party candidate, or the telephone line which links them?
Answer: the telephone line. It isn't dead.
A double murder investigation brings Chief Inspector Lloyd and the newly promoted Inspector Judy Hill together again as colleagues. But the case is a severe test of both Judy's professionalism and Lloyd's ego, and soon threatens their more private relationship . . .
Jill McGown, who died in 2007, lived in Northamptonshire and was best known for her mystery series featuring Chief Inspector Lloyd and Sergeant Judy Hill. The first novel, A Perfect Match, was published in 1983 and A Shred of Evidence was made into a television drama starring Philip Glenister and Michelle Collins.
Jill McGown is a crisp writer and a spellbinding storyteller
Financial Times
A cleverly twisting plot with a startling surprise ending
The Times
Satisfying, tightly knit whodunit with exophthalmic final twist.
Guardian - Matthew Coady