by J. J. Marric
Part of Gideon, book 6
First published 1986
Commander George Gideon stares at the case file that keeps him awake at night. John Borgman, one of London's most prominent industrialists, sits untouchable behind his wealth and reputation. His wife is dead. The evidence points nowhere. The alibis check out perfectly. Too perfectly. Gideon knows in his bones that Borgman orchestrated the killing with surgical precision, leaving no loose threads for Scotland Yard to pull. But knowing and proving stand worlds apart. As Gideon digs deeper into Borgman's empire, he discovers that some criminals plan so meticulously they seem to place themselves beyond the law's reach. The commander must find the one flaw in what appears to be an flawless murder, racing against time before Borgman's confidence grows dangerous. This is police work at its most frustrating, where intuition battles evidence and justice hangs on the thinnest of threads.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, intuition-vs-evidence, race-against-time
Setting: London, Scotland Yard
Period: 20th-century
258 pages · Paperback · Stein and Day