Synopsis

A fragile sense of normalcy had settled over the partnership between Lewis and Hathaway, the integration of DS Maddox now a familiar presence. But the calm was shattered by a brutal case: the murder of Rose Anderson, a student of American classics. Her body, discovered in the canal, bore savage wounds to the neck and abdomen. Suspicion immediately fell upon Felix Garwood, an astrophysics professor and Rose's former lover. Yet, Felix was married to Philippa Garwood, Rose’s supervisor – a woman wh