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Which is the odd one out:An ex-call girl wife of a wealthy crook, who has kept one step ahead of the law, a struggling artist married to Stansfield''s prospective Conservative party candidate, or the telephone line which links them?Answer: the telephone line. It isn''t dead.A double murder investigation brings Chief Inspector Lloyd and the newly promoted Inspector Judy Hill together again as colleagues. But the case is a severe test of both Judy''s professionalism and Lloyd''s ego, and soon threatens their more private relationship . . .

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The Murders of Mrs Austin and Mrs Beale

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      Publisher: Pan Macmillan
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/8/2014 12:05:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781447268543, 978-1447268543
      ISBN10: 1447268547

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      Book Synopsis
      Which is the odd one out:An ex-call girl wife of a wealthy crook, who has kept one step ahead of the law, a struggling artist married to Stansfield''s prospective Conservative party candidate, or the telephone line which links them?Answer: the telephone line. It isn''t dead.A double murder investigation brings Chief Inspector Lloyd and the newly promoted Inspector Judy Hill together again as colleagues. But the case is a severe test of both Judy''s professionalism and Lloyd''s ego, and soon threatens their more private relationship . . .

      Trade Review
      Jill McGown is a crisp writer and a spellbinding storyteller * Financial Times *
      A cleverly twisting plot with a startling surprise ending * The Times *
      Satisfying, tightly knit whodunit with exophthalmic final twist. -- Matthew Coady * Guardian *

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