Inspector Proby's Christmas John Lawton It is a truth universally

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse

the entire upper-middle class neighbourhood is thrown into disarray

Stella Rimmington meets State of Play in this smart political thriller for a new generation of Le Carre devourers

Once in the south country Thomas becomes a raider

each hoping to bring back the saviour of the city

Inspector Proby's Christmas John Lawton It is a truth universallyA young woman is found savagely murdered in Hampton and Detective Inspector Jim Proby is assigned to the case. As he tries to unmask the killer, he finds himself drawn into a complex web of death. And parallel with the difficulties faced in the hunt is the growing threat to his marriage.