Model Murder

Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox #3

by Nancy Buckingham, Erica Quest

A beautiful woman found in the woods, strangled and raped, horrifies Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox. But she also feels a shameful twist of relief that the glamorous Corinne Saxon is no longer her rival. While investigating the murder, Kate is forced to suspect her boyfriend, newspaperman Richard Gower, who formerly was Corinne’s lover. British Mystery by Nancy Buckingham writing as Erica Quest; originally published by Doubleday for the Crime Club

292 pages, Kindle Edition

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 writing-team marriages. The first books, published under her maiden name Nancy Buckingham since 1967, are classical gothic novels. In the 1970s, they started to used the pseudonyms Christina Abbey and Erica Quest. In 1980, they sold her first novels to Silhouette, and combined their names to create the pen name 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.