"A clever, fast-paced crime thriller." Thomas Waugh
What is the mystery behind the death of Oscar Dover? Why was his sister so keen to prevent anyone knowing he had even died, let alone attend his funeral?
It's unusually quiet at police headquarters when the village gossip reports a startling claim that Dover was murdered, prompting Detective Inspector Paul Amos and Detective Sergeant Juliet Swift to set off on what they fear will be a wild goose chase. But the deeper they get into the inquiry, the more intriguing it becomes.
Why does even the funeral director refuse to discuss the matter? After all, Dover was just a shambling wreck of the man he once was, estranged from his daughters and cutting an increasingly lonely figure at a not very successful junk shop, full of stuff he couldn't sell.
Fate keeps pointing Amos and Swift back to pursuing the inquiry - then erects barriers in their way. Amos is frustratingly sidelined to help with the Chief Constable's latest pet project but Swift pursues the inquiry with renewed zeal, despite putting herself in grave danger.
A much darker side of Oscar Dover's sordid life gradually emerges, uncovering a wide range of people who had motive and opportunity to kill him.
Swift eventually uncovers the truth about Dover's death. But when Amos returns to the fray, the two detectives are faced with the difficult task of proving what really happened.
Praise for Rodney Hobson
"A fantastic read." Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Trade-Off.
"Kept me guessing to the last page - and still surprised me. A gripping read." Robert Foster, best-selling author of The Lunar Code.
Rodney Hobson is an experienced financial journalist who has held senior editorial positions with publications in the UK and Asia and is currently Editor of Ipreo, an international financial services group. In a departure from his day job, Rodney has embarked on the Detective Inspector Paul Amos Lincolnshire Mystery series of books.
