A Capital Crime: DI Stratton 3

Description

It is winter, 1950 in a dingy part of London. John Davies confesses to strangling his wife and baby daughter, and for DI Ted Stratton of West End Central, it promises to be a straightforward case. When Davies recants, blaming respectable neighbour Norman Backhouse for the crimes, nobody, including Stratton, sees any reason to believe him. Davies is convicted and hanged, but later, after a series of gruesome discoveries, Stratton begins to suspect that there has been a terrible miscarriage of justice. Her marriage in tatters, ex-MI5 agent Diana Calthrop is determined to start a new life, but, despite a promising beginning, she soon finds herself in trouble both financially and emotionally. And with a seemingly unstoppable killer of women on the loose, she is very vulnerable indeed. A Capital Crime is a story of guilt, longing, uncertainty, and grotesque horror.

Laura Wilson's acclaimed and award-winning crime novels have won her many fans. The first novel in this series, Stratton's War, won the Ellis Peters Award. Two of her novels have been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Laura is the Guardian's crime reviewer. She lives in Islington, London.

'Stands with 10 Rillington Place ... will make you wonder forever more about the seething passions behind your neighbour's door' Daily Telegraph. * Daily Telegraph * 'One of the country's most acute psychological crime novelists' Independent. * Independent * 'Wilson brings post-war London to life in a finely crafted murder mystery that yields surprises to the very end' Time Out. * Time Out *