Bled and Breakfast
TONY NASH
- A
- detective's
- genius
- comes
- back
- to
- bite
- him.Harry
- Mann's
- Saturday
- afternoon
- is
- disturbed
- by
- his
- boss,
- DCI
- Dyce,
- with
- a
- request
- to
- investigate
- what
- has
- been
- reported
- as
- a
- suicide.
- A
- retired
- major,
- now
- an
- hotelier,
- has
- been
- shot,
- and
- Harry
- has
- drawn
- the
- short
- straw.The
- major
- did
- not
- take
- his
- own
- life,
- and
- Jonathan
- Franklin's
- death
- is
- only
- the
- first
- of
- a
- bizarre
- set
- of
- hotelier
- murders
- that
- form
- a
- puzzle.
- Are
- they
- connected?
- Apparently
- not,
- and
- yet
- Harry
- believes
- that
- they
- must
- be.
- At
- least
- twenty
- people
- had
- strong
- motive
- for
- the
- first
- killing
- alone,
- including
- every
- one
- of
- the
- colourful
- and
- unusual
- members
- of
- Franklin's
- own
- household.Also
- in
- the
- background
- is
- the
- Landenar
- Corporation;
- a
- shady
- outfit,
- which
- is
- buying
- up
- hotels
- and
- B&Bs
- all
- over
- the
- county,
- committing
- crimes
- against
- family
- animals
- and
- property
- whenever
- their
- offers
- to
- purchase
- are
- refused.
- Franklin
- had
- been
- approached
- by
- them
- shortly
- before
- his
- death,
- and
- another
- B&B
- owner's
- wife
- died
- in
- suspicious
- circumstances
- shortly
- after
- an
- offer
- was
- made
- for
- the
- property.The
- deaths
- multiply
- but
- are
- not
- Harry's
- only
- problem:
- Patti,
- his
- new
- partner,
- is
- acting
- strangely
- and
- then
- attempts
- suicide.
- He
- saves
- her,
- but
- with
- unbelievable
- after-effects
- on
- his
- own
- post-bereavement
- depression.He
- and
- his
- team
- are
- coming
- to
- the
- belief
- that
- the
- murders
- subsequent
- to
- Franklin's
- could
- be
- to
- 'Hide
- the
- Lady',
- where
- innocents
- are
- killed
- to
- throw
- investigators
- off
- the
- track.Three
- murders,
- Harry's
- finds,
- relate
- to
- a
- disastrous
- incident
- in
- Afghanistan,
- and
- a
- desire
- for
- revenge.When
- he
- is
- realises
- who
- carried
- out
- the
- killings
- he
- is
- faced
- with
- the
- biggest
- problem
- of
- his
- professional
- life.
- He
- has
- a
- momentous
- decision
- to
- make,
- and
- things
- will
- never
- be
- the
- same again.
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