The new novel from the master of multi-layered, intricately plotted suspense novels that mercilessly tease the reader to the very last page.It's three days before Christmas, and the Malworth Amateur Dramatic Society's rehearsal of Cinderella, scripted by local GP Carl Bignall, is struggling. As the flu bug hits, even Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd and the pregnant Judy Hill are co-opted to take roles. But as the rehearsal is getting under way, the police are entering Carl's house - and discovering the body of his wife Estelle. Why was Carl so late for rehearsals? Why is his neighbour so reluctant to tell the truth about what he witnessed? And why is Dr Denis Leeward, Carl's partner, sitting in his car, slightly bruised and in a state of guilty panic . . . ? All Lloyd knows for sure, as he takes charge of the investigation, is that one of them is a murderer . . .
- ISBN10 0333766725
- ISBN13 9780333766729
- Publish Date 23 February 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 June 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English