Last Reminder

Detective Inspector Charlie Priest's day hasn't started well. Late for the first time in twenty years, thanks to a hangover, he's got a grisly workload to face. Hartley Goodrich has been found dead in his armchair, right beside the flowerpot that caused the gaping gash to his head. There's little doubt that this was murder, and when Charlie discovers that Hartley's financial advice had lost his clients a small fortune, there's no shortage of suspects either. But is the case all it seems? Detective Inspector Charlie Priest is late for work for the first time in twenty years. Suffering a sloe gin hangover, he's already faced with the grisly evidence of crime in a local park, before one of his new constables finds a body. Hartley Goodrich is dead in his armchair, beside the flowerpot that caused the gaping gash in his head. Goodrich's financial advice has lost his clients a small fortune, so there's no shortage of suspects, but the enquiry means reopening an old case involving diamonds, drugs, stolen gold bullion ... and danger. Danger which threatens everything Charlie holds dear Hartley Goodrich is found dead in his armchair, right beside the flower pot that caused the gash on his head. As Goodrich's financial advice has lost his clients a small fortune, there's no shortage of suspects, but is the case all it seems?

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