THE WORD IS MURDER*

A woman is strangled six hours after organising her own funeral. Did she know she was going to die ? Did she recognise her killer ? Enter Daniel Hawthorne, a recalcitrant detective who holds his secrets very close. With him is his reluctant side-kick, a man who is entirely unaccustomed to the world of crime. Together they will set out to solve this most puzzling of mysteries. What neither of them knows is that they're about to embark on a dangerous journey where the twists and turns are as unexpected as they are bloody...