Births, Deaths and Marriages (A Lloyd & Hill mystery) [Hardcover]

A gripping story of murder, kidnapping and paedophllia that mercilessly teases to the very last page. In the middle of her maternity leave from Stansfield police force, Judy Hill had thought that her hands were full enough looking after her new baby. But as she is walking Charlotte through the local park, she inadvertantly witnesses the kidnapping of a baby. With emotions running high - it could so easily have been Charlotte taken - she cannot help but become involved in the unfolding investigation. At the same time, Detective Inspector Lloyd is immersed in a murder case which is proving more and more puzzling. A body has been discovered, and the rest of his team is sure that they have found the killer. But Lloyd is less than convinced of the accused man's guilt, and is determined to hunt down the truth. Births, Deaths and Marriages is a fascinating exploration of the tensions inherent in family life. And running alongside the gritty criminal investigations is the question that fans of Lloyd and Hill have been desperate to have answered: Will the duo finally tie the knot?

For Lloyd and Hill, a kidnapping soon becomes a murder investigation . . . In an isolated cottage a woman has been bludgeoned to death; outside, a man has been crushed by a car. That, and a row overheard earlier that morning, is all Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd has to go on. Who is the dead woman? Where's her handbag? If it was a burglary, why the extreme violence? If it was a domestic, why is the handbag missing? Questions without answers. And Lloyd doesn't yet know how deeply involved in the enquiry Judy Hill has become - nor how profoundly it will affect her . . . 'A first-rate puzzle' Sunday Telegraph --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Jill McGown was born in Argyll, but has lived in Corby since she was ten. On being made redundant she took up writing full-time and in 1983 published her first novel, A Perfect Match. She is now the author of seventeen novels.