Jonathan Selkirk, known as a ruthless, powerful lawyer, receives a threatening letter advising him to make a will. Only hours later he is recovering in the Leek Cottage Hospital from a suspected heart attack. Late that night Selkirk mysteriously disappears.The discovery of a dead body two days later leaves Inspector Joanna Piercy, in her fourth outing, coping not only with a murder investigation, but with the arrival of the Regional Crime Squad. The murder is believed to be the work of a professional contract killer and the formidable Superintendent of the Squad is determined to trap him in the village of Leek.
- ISBN10 0708939554
- ISBN13 9780708939550
- Publish Date 1 July 1998 (first published 24 October 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher F A Thorpe (Publishers)
- Imprint Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 321
- Language English