The soft detective - H R F Keating

It's not often a Nobel Prize winner gets murdered . . . on your patch . . . very likely by a member of your own family . . .

Detective Chief Inspector Phil Benholme has the reputation for being too soft - but it's only because he tries to see both sides of the story. And if he hadn't on this occasion, Professor Unwala's death in the study of his cluttered King's Hampton home, would have been recorded as a tragic accident.

Was the old man a victim of violent robbery? Or of a racist assault by Britforce troopers? Or did the Professor know something about the Hampton Hoard, a collection of Celtic coins worth 1 million and thought to be buried somewhere nearby? Clearly Inspector Benholme has a number of leads to follow up. Unfortunately they soon begin to point to one person - Conor Benholme.

What does a 'soft cop' do when his teenage son is also his prime suspect?