Too Sane a Murder

'He started to unbutton the plaid flannel shirt, and I sat down casually in his desk chair... Now, son, I said, would you like to tell me the truth? A handful of dead bodies in a suburban home, a loose shotgun and the presence of a clearly unbalanced youth seemed like an open-and-shut case to the Fort Worth crime squad. But when detective Deb Ralston arrives on the scene, her womanly intuition tells her that something is drastically awry. Why should a lonely boy kill the only person who has ever really loved him? What is the significance of a missing bag of marbles, and why should a shotgun wound on his shoulder convince the rest of the force of his guilt? Prompted by her maternal instinct - and sniffing the scent of a deeper mystery - Deb Ralston carries out her own investigation and finds that family ties aren't all they're cracked up to be. - 'Gritty and authentic' -JOHN COLEMAN. SUNDAY TIMES


Genre: Mystery