Traffic on Elmhirst Road has come to a halt. The police are
stopping cars, searching for something. Nicki Clements
waits patiently, until she glimpses a face she hoped she’d
never see again. It’s him — and he’s the cop checking each
car. Desperate to avoid him, she makes a panicky U-turn and
escapes.
But Nicki’s peculiar behavior did not go unnoticed, and now
the police have summoned her for questioning. A resident of
Elmhirst Road has been murdered — a controversial newspaper
columnist named Damon Blundy. The detectives begin
peppering her with questions. Why was she seen fleeing the
scene? What is her connection to the victim? Why was the
knife that killed him used in such a peculiar way? Why were
the words “HE IS NO LESS DEAD” painted on the wall of
Blundy’s study? And what do they signify?
One simple answer could clear her. But she can’t explain
why she fled Elmhirst Road that day without revealing the
secret that could ruin her.
Nicki isn’t guilty of murder. But she’s far from innocent…
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