Did Melanie murder the slime-ball who'd raped her? Or was it her meds playing tricks on her? She's in a London convalescent home being treated for PTSD. When the police question her, her father worries it will delay her recovery. When their net closes in, he must do whatever it takes to save her from a terrible miscarriage of justice.
Brought up in South East England, went to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and commissioned into the Royal Engineers.
Achieved an MA at Cambridge University in Mechanical Sciences and in Economics. Served for 25 years then set up a company restoring and renovating old houses before retiring to write and ski.
He has four children, ten grandchildren and four grand-dogs, and divides his spare time between West Kent and the French Alps. (Please note my pen name is Douglas Renwick, my two middle names.)