Model murder

Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox #3

by Erica Quest

When beautiful model Corinne Saxon is found murdered Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox has to begin to unravel the complex life of the model to try and establish which of the men in her life may have committed the dreadfuldeed. The list of suspects is endless and includes Kate's friend Richard Gower, admiral Fortescue who owns the hotel Corinne managed Yves Labrosse, her deputy and Larkin, Fortescue's manservant. Or could it be the unidentified male, known only as Ram?

312 pages, Unknown Binding

First published March 1, 1991

About the author

Nancy Jean Buckingham was born on 10 August 1924 in Bristol, England, UK. In 1949, she married John Sawyer, born on 4 October 1919 in London, England, UK. They formed one of the most popular writting-team marriage. The first books published under her maiden name Nancy Buckingham since 1967, are classical gothic novels. In 1970s, they started to used the pseudonyms: Christina Abbey and Erica Quest. In 1980, they sold her first novels to Silhouette, and they mixed their names to create the penname Nancy John. They also published one novel as Hilary London. The last novels that they published are a popular police series as Erica Quest, protagonized by the Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox. Their last novel was released in 1992.

Nancy Jean Buckingham Sawyer was the eighth elected Chairman (1973-1975) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, and is now one of its vice-presidents. John passed away in 1994.