A Fatal LieIf theres ever been a more complex and compelling hero in crime fiction than Inspector Rutledge, I cant think of one. Jeffery Deaver In one of his most puzzling cases, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge must delve deep into a dead mans life and his past to find a killer determined to keep dark secrets buried. A peaceful Welsh village is thrown into turmoil when a terrified boy stumbles on a body in a nearby river. The man appears to have fallen from

to his little boy

Smart and accessible

You go to prison or your grave and kill your own father

Chrysis probes what is precious about life

but whether it was cut to a point (like Captain Morgan) or flowing down to his belt varies according to the narrator

Leadership in a Crisis: An insider’s look at the on-the-ground decisions

Down every possible path is a different unfamiliar version of her life

There is priceless wisdom on every page

Covent Garden market and the Royal Opera House

and disconnection from Ben Greenman

he arrives in London and moves into a flat with Paul

But she is able to reinvent herself as a peppy salesclerk with a jazz-musician lover and become ‘a living