‘An outstanding series’ – NEW YORK TIMES

Detective Inspector Bill Slider and his team investigate the murder of a rich doctor with a mysterious past in the thirteenth entry in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles’ critically acclaimed crime series.

Dr. David Rogers was handsome, charming and rich. He lived a lavish lifestyle – expensive clothes, top restaurants, exclusive clubs – until someone shot him dead in the hallway of his million-plus-pound house.

When Bill Slider and his team are called to the scene, they’re thrown head-first into the mystery of why someone wanted the doctor dead. Was the motive passion, professional jealousy, or plain old money?

The investigation reveals a more turbulent career behind the Dirty Doctor than at first appeared: a shadowy organisation called the Windhover Trust, and a trail of bodies leading to a deadlier conclusion . . .

Written with Cynthia Harrod-Eagles’ signature sharp plotting and dry wit, this hard-hitting character-driven mystery is a must-read police procedural for fans of Mick Herron, Ann Cleeves and Peter Robinson.

Praise for the Bill Slider series:

‘Slider and his creator are real discoveries’
Daily Mail

‘Sharp, witty and well-plotted’
Times

‘Harrod-Eagles and her detective hero form a class act. The style is fast, funny and furious – the plotting crisply devious’
Irish Times