Hanging Fire

by Jessica Mann, Anne Scott-Pendlebury

Tess Redpath has been working for The Argus nearly all her working life. But within minutes of meeting the paper's new proprietor, she finds herself without a job. Life without deadlines feels empty and miserable, and gets worse when Tess's married lover, a high-ranking officer undergoing positive vetting for a NATO job, decides it's all over. Trying to drag herself back from despair, she decides to work freelance on the stories she has already started. Then her flat is ransacked and set on fire, and she begins to realize that she has stumbled on something really big.

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First published January 28, 2000

About the author

Crime-writer Jessica Mann was born in London, England in 1937. She studied archaeology at Cambridge University and Law at Leicester University.

She is the author of a non-fiction book, Deadlier Than the Male: An Investigation into Feminine Crime Writing, about female crime writers from Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers to Ngaio Marsh. She contributes reviews and feature articles to many newspapers and magazines, is a regular broadcaster on TV and radio and tours regularly promoting her books at events and festivals.

Jessica Mann lives with her husband, an archaeologist, in Cornwall. Her latest book is The Mystery Writer (2006).

Reviews

[JenniferB]

Quite good plot, bit old fashioned