Gil Mayo Mystery S.
2 total works
When the murdered body of a woman is found floating in flooded uplands near an isolated farm and nearby cottage, identification proves impossible and the press and police dub her the 'Mystery Woman'. No progress is made in the case until a second murder takes place - the bursar of a public school, currently involved in a controversy over a proposed entrance to the school, is found murdered at his desk. Temporarily unemployed ex-student, Celo Atkins, who will do anything to avoid taking the secretarial job her mothers arranged for her, also comes across evidence from a totally unexpected source, and ultimately finds herself involved in the investigation. Her help along with the investigation into the death of the bursar enables DS Gil mayo and his assistant, Abigail Moon, to uncover a trail that eventually leads to the true identity of the Mystery Woman and to the unexpected solution of the two seemingly unrelated murders.
Tie-in with the major prime-time BBC series "Mayo', staring Alistair McGowan as the wisecracking detective Gil Mayo. "A Sunset Touch" begins with a terrible arson attack in which it seems two children might have died - yet when the fire brigade manage to get inside they find only the body of a man. Mayo and Abigail Moon set to work on a murder inquiry. But neither this nor another case in which Mayo is concerned make any headway until both crimes seem to lead to the same path, from Poland to wartime England and so to the present day.