Janet Neel Libri

On a summer holiday in the heathery Scottish Highlands, lovers Chief Inspector John McLeish and Francesca Wilson rescue the victim of a near-fatal fall. But when the victim is killed in another fall in London, John and Francesca know foul play was involved.

When the warden of Gladstone College dies of a lethal combination of pills and booze, a mystery remains—was it accidental death or suicide? As new Warden, Civil Service grandee Dame Sarah Murchieson soon understands the pressures that drove her predecessor over the brink; the college finances are in chaos, a long-running internal battle over Gladstone’s future still rages and the sexual meanderings of a charismatic Fellow are causing a stir. Even with allies like the redoubtable Francesca Wilson, seconded from DTI, and her husband Superintendent John McLeish, setting the college back on its feet is a formidable challenge. Then a frightening series of attacks forces Gladstone to unite in the face of a potential killer....

William Price has evidently been up to no good and his double-dealings are about to catch up with him... Defrauding money from people buying into his unfinished time-shares, dipping his fingers into the inheritance of his two sons, Price is already known to Catherine Crane of the Fraud Squad. When his dead body is discovered hanging in the basement of his office wearing women’s underwear, it is Detective Chief Superintendent John McLeish who is called in to investigate. He and his wife Francesca, whose finely-honed detection skills and inside knowledge prove invaluable, probe into the heart of the mystery and discover a nest of vipers waiting to bite...

Immer wenn ihr Freund, Kommissar John McLeish, in einem Fall nicht mehr weiter weiß, kommt ihm Francesca Wilson mit ihrem Spürsinn zu Hilfe. So auch hier: Die sympathische junge Frau ist nämlich als einzige davon überzeugt, daß es sich beim Absturz des erfahrenen Bergsteigers Alan Fraser nicht um einen tragischen Unfall handelt. Und Francesca soll recht behalten, nur wenige Tage später gibt es tatsächlich einen Toten.

Francesca Wilson ist eine Frau für die ganz besonderen Fälle. Als ein scheinbar unbescholtener Geschäftsmann brutal erschlagen wird, wendet sich die Polizei an sie. Francesca soll die wahrhaft mysteriösen Hintergründe des Mordes aufklären.