The Christmas Bow Murder (A DCI Jim Ashworth mystery) - Tapa blanda

Attractive, promiscuous Stella Carway is found murdered, a scarf tied around her neck in a bow. Her shifty husband is in the frame for murder, but DCI Ashworth is not convinced. Blackmail, a hit-and-run accident and a passionate lesbian affair - Ashworth's probing opens up a can of worms.

Blonde, attractive and promiscuous Stella Carway is found murdered, a scarf around her neck tied in a bow, her near naked body displayed like a bizarre gift. Her stormy marriage immediately puts her shifty husband Steven in the frame as her killer. But Chief Inspector Jim Ashworth, swimming against the tide of his colleagues??? opinions, thinks this too obvious a solution. Blackmail, the cover-up of a fatal hit-and-run accident, a passionate lesbian relationship -- Ashworth opens up a can so full of worms it would give a crow a coronary .