Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Rogers was handsome, charming, and rich-- until someone killed him in the hallway of his million-plus-pound house. Was he killed for passion, professional jealousy, or plain old money? Slider soon discovers that nothing is as it seems.

"The woman lies dead at the foot of the stairs. It's obvious what happened: she tripped and fell. But PC D'Arblay, called to the dilapidated West London villa by an anonymous tip-off, can't shake the feeling that's exactly what someone wants him to think. It was the deep head wound that killed her - but her dying fall left no blood trail, so what was it she hit her head on? DCI Slider, of the Shepherd's Bush murder squad, is soon convinced D'Arblay's...

Bill Slider investigates the murder of a fitness trainer whose head was smashed in with a dumbbell and looks for additional suspects despite the girlfriend's clothes being covered in blood.