Turn and Die (Jordan Lacey Mysteries) - Tapa dura

Taking the case of a vegetable gardener from Topham Hill and a woman recently aquitted of trying to kill her rich husband, private detective Jordan Lacey forces herself back to work after a near-fatal, freak accident causes her partner James to be paralyzed from the neck down.

Latching's enterprising and zany private investigator, Jordan Lacey, has a back-to-front mystery to solve. The lovely Holly Broughton has been acquitted of trying to murder her husband, banker Richard Broughton, but she hires Jordan to find out who framed her and why. When Jordan's life is threatened on three separate occasions, she realises that she may, for once, be on the right track. Her usual flare for surveillance gear has her impersonating an insurance agent, ghost hunter and a foreign day tripper. And she takes a job as a barmaid at the fated Medieval Hall pub, to keep a reluctant promise to Detective Inspector James. The pace is fast and funny as Jordan finds herself propelled towards a solution that is claustrophobic and totally unexpected.