Part of Detective Inspector Caius Beauchamp
First published 2025
Rosie stumbles downstairs at 3am, nursing the beginnings of a vicious hangover from an afternoon of drinking with university friends. She needs water, but what she finds in the kitchen stops her cold: her grandmother lies dead alongside an apparent burglar in a pool of blood. Detective Inspector Caius Beauchamp arrives expecting a straightforward case of robbery gone wrong. Then a tip arrives about the grandmother's final will and testament. The wealthy family harbors dark secrets from their past. Powerful figures want Beauchamp to wrap up the investigation quickly, but the detective faces a choice between the obvious explanation and the truth buried in family history. Beauchamp must navigate pressure from above while uncovering what really happened that night. The case forces him to weigh his career against justice as he digs deeper into a family's hidden corruption.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, adult-fiction, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, gritty, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: hidden-corruption, moral-dilemma, unreliable-investigation
Kindle Edition · Faber & Faber
Content warnings: death, murder, violence