The Nine Bright Shiners (DCI Webb Mystery Book 5)

The Nine Bright Shiners (DCI Webb Mystery Book 5)

<b>‘A superbly crafted, riveting, page-turner of a read’ – <em>Booklist</em></b><br /><br />Jan Coverdale's problems began when the police found a body dressed in tramp's clothing, with incongruous green sequins on his lapel. <br /><br />He looked like her half-brother Edward, whose wallet was in his pocket.<br /><br />But hadn't Edward and his wife flown to Peru? <br /><br />As DCI Webb begins his investigations into this strange case, it is thrown wide open.<br /><br />The true identity of the victim was Guy Marriott, an investigative journalist looking into a story about some mysterious and fraudulent drawings.<br /><br />But why was the body dressed so shabbily? And what was the meaning of those nine sequins?<br /><br />What did Guy Marriott know that was dangerous enough to get him killed? <br /><br />Webb widens the net of his search. But after spending the day in London, Jan and her family return to find their house broken into.<br /><br />The housekeeper is dead and she begins to fear for their lives...<br /><br />Edward may be missing, but his wallet links him intrinsically to the scene of the crime.<br /><br />Could he be the culprit?<br /><br />And could the descendants of some suspicious old explorers, Langley, Peel and Cody, be suspects? <br /><br />They are all bound by and old expedition in Peru and the missing jewels that haven't been seen since, worth thousands...<br /><br />DCI Webb decides it’s time to track down Edward Langley in Peru to solve the mystery and find his killer before it is too late.<br /><br /><em>The Nine Bright Shiners</em> is a fast-paced crime thriller, from a master of the genre. <br /><br /><h2>Praise for Anthea Fraser </h2><br /><br /><b>‘Ms Fraser is her dependable elegant, guileful self, withholding the killer's identity till a dying fall’ - <em>Sunday Times</em></b><br /><br /><b>’A well-mannered, well-plotted and well-told story’ - <em>Birmingham Post</em></b><br /><br /><b>‘Sympathetic, well-executed book, in which full attention is paid to human feelings and failings’ - <em>Yorkshire Post </em></b><br /><br /><b>Anthea Fraser</b> has written all her life but did not begin to take it seriously until after marriage, when she found herself at home with two small daughters and embarked on a correspondence course with the London School of Journalism. She wrote short stories before turning to novels of the supernatural, and then to crime. Her novels include <em>The Seven Stars</em>, <em>The Ten Commandments</em>, <em>Death Speaks Softly</em> and <em>Pretty Maids All in a Row</em>.