Publishers Weekly
Martin Edwards's first novel of marital woe and murder. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
The wife of Liverpool solicitor Harry Devlin left him two years ago for a shadily rich gym owner. Now Liz shows up on Harry's doorstep, asking for shelter: she is estranged from the gym owner, but he's upset about her new boyfriend and might kill her. Sure enough, someone murders Liz the next day in a back alley, and suspicion falls on Harry, who subsequently vows to find the perpetrator. Nicely crafted prose pervades, complete with court scenes, petty criminals, seedy surrounds, and a few pigheaded cops. This is the first series title to be published in the United States. For fans of British crime fiction. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.