Deceptive Relations

Chris Martin #4

by Annette Roome

Two suspicious dealths in 24 hours spell trouble for reporter Chris Martin , when she is sent to cover a story and the discovery of the battered body of Janet , Home Counties Tipping's first potential road-rage victim . Unravelling the threads of the dead woman's affairs leads to the disturbing conclusion that Janet's missing husband is either a prime suspect - or else Tiping's 3rd corpse . in as many days! . Chris , who thought she'd finally sorted out her chaotic personal life, finds that the search for Janet Cox's killer forces her to confront some uncomfortable truths about herself . not to mention a terrifying brush with the town's underworld.

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 4, 1999

About the author

Winner of the 1989 New Blood Dagger Award for A Real Shot in the Arm .

Reviews

[Mrs Susan J Bociek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crazy who dunnit

Chris is a reporter with the local paper. With no formal training she has worked her way up and usually spends her days investigating daily, trivial news items. So when there is a murder, and the victim is someone she briefly met - this seems like an exciting assignment. But the facts don't add up, there are liars a-plenty and Chris ends up going round in circles, trying to make the pieces of the jigsaw fit. Entertaining and frantic.