Synopses & Reviews
In Waldorf Pines, ostentation and pretension are the order of the day. But even by local standards, Martha Heydrich is a stone cold pain. She's the stay-at-home wife of a very rich husband, into everybody's business and rumored to be having an affair with a local teenager, Michael Platte. One morning she seemingly vanishes, and that night her husband returns home to find the pool house ablaze. Once the fire is extinguished, police discover two bodies - one is Michael Platte and the other is presumed to be Martha. But then the DNA results come back and the second body is an unknown man. With Martha nowhere to be found, the police to turn to ex-FBI Gregor Demarkian to unravel this most puzzling of cases.
Review
Starred review. "Edgar-finalist Haddam shows no sign of creative fatigue in her baffling 27th whodunit...Few readers will reach the answer to this crafty puzzle before the endearing and brilliant sleuth, or tease out the significance of the clue of the extra garden hose." - Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Gregor Demarkian is back in a mind-bending murder case from Edgar Award Finalist Jane Haddam.
About the Author
Jane Haddam, author of more than twenty novels, has been a finalist for both the Edgar and the Anthony Award. She lives in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
READER BIO
David Colacci has been an actor and a director for over thirty years, performing coast-to-coast in lead roles of plays by a variety of playwrights. He has worked as a narrator for over fifteen years. He has won AudioFile Earphones Awards, earned Audie nominations, and been included on Best of Year lists by such publications as Publishers Weekly, AudioFile magazine, and Library Journal. He currently lives in New York with his wife and children.