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Last Seen Alive (Inspector Luke Thanet, Bk 5)
Last Seen Alive - Inspector Luke Thanet, Bk 5 Author:Dorothy Simpson Low-keyed, sensitive Inspector Luke Thanet and ever-respectful sidekick Sergeant Lineham, of the Kent police, are faced with the murder of Alicia Parnell in her Sturrenden hotel room within a day of her home-town return after a 20-year absence. Some painful memories are revived as Thanet sets about questioning the victim's old school friends... more ».
Her family had left town in the wake of brilliant Paul Leyton's suicide -- supposedly because Alicia had broken off their relationship. Paul's predecessor was Nicholas Rain, now a world-famous violinist, newly engaged to a much younger woman and back in Sturrenden to give a concert attended by Alicia. Another line of investigation concerns greedy, abrasive Jessica Ross, Alicia's business partner, seen in Sturrenden on the fateful night. Thanet makes an imaginative leap that ties past to present and it pays off.« less