The Dead Sit Round in a Ring - Tapa blanda

Jimmy Stone was found sitting in a circle with three other corpses in a Notting Hill flat. DCS Stella Mooney's private life gets caught up in the quest to find Stone's killer. But what will it cost her - and those who she loves ? An atmospheric recreation of Notting Hill is combined with a gripping tension in this first of a series with a complex, fascinating heroine. Highly recommended.

Jimmy Stone died of a broken heart. Literally - someone put a sharp object between his ribs and pushed hard. He was found sitting in a circle with three other corpses, in the living room of a Notting Hill flat. Notting Hill - with its million-pound houses a hundred yards away from sink estates - is DCS Stella Mooney's patch, so it's up to her to discover who broke this heart of Stone's. But when Mooney's private life gets caught up in the quest to find Stone's murderer, what will it costher - and those that she loves?