Bel Carson Mysteries Book 3
A beautiful American heiress is violently murdered while on a visit to her home state of Kansas. The police charge her British husband, Malcolm Laurie, with the murder, even though he vehemently protests his innocence. Since the couple’s home is in the U.K., television director Bel Carson is sent out to make a documentary about the case.
All the evidence seems to point to Malcolm’s guilt, but Bel is not convinced. Why are there traces of celluloid in the fireplace at the murder scene? And why is the victim’s sister paying a fortune for Laurie’s defence?
Meanwhile, Bel has her own problems. She is furious that she’s been landed with a researcher, Amanda, who has no television experience – although she does know her way around Kansas City, where her estranged husband is a doctor. Bel is also aware that her cameraman, Joe, leaves on clandestine expeditions very late each night.
But before Bel can deal with these issues, there is a second murder. It too, seems to have no solution – that is, until Bel learns of the mysterious death of a teenage girl years earlier and realises this is the key to the identity of the person who has brutally murdered three women. But as she closes in on the killer, she finds herself caught in an inferno of twisted passion and betrayed love which threatens to destroy them all.