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Overview
When people with no obvious connections to each other are dying in what appear to be legitimate accidents — a fall down the stairs, a single-vehicle car crash, a drowning in a hot tub — nothing seems amiss. Until, Detective Inspector Carol Ashton receives a call from a private investigator who works for a number of insurance companies. Recently, several large life insurance policy pay outs seem questionable but there is no proof of wrongdoing. As Carol begins an investigation of the completely unrelated deaths, she realizes this could be the toughest case of her career and perhaps, one impossible to solve.Claire McNab is the author of thirteen Detective Inspector Carol Ashton mysteries. She is also the author of three Denise Cleever thrillers. In her native Australia she is known for her crime fiction, plays, children's novels and self-help books. Now permanently a resident of Los Angeles, Claire teaches fiction writing in the UCLA Extension Writer's Program. She makes it a point to return to Australia once a year to refresh her Aussie accent.
2002 Lambda Literary Award Finalist, Lesbian Mystery
Synopsis
When people with no obvious connections to each other are dying in what appear to be legitimate accidents — a fall down the stairs, a single-vehicle car crash, a drowning in a hot tub — nothing seems amiss. Until, Detective Inspector Carol Ashton receives a call from a private investigator who works for a number of insurance companies. Recently, several large life insurance policy pay outs seem questionable but there is no proof of wrongdoing. As Carol begins an investigation of the completely unrelated deaths, she realizes this could be the toughest case of her career and perhaps, one impossible to solve.
Claire McNab is the author of thirteen Detective Inspector Carol Ashton mysteries. She is also the author of three Denise Cleever thrillers. In her native Australia she is known for her crime fiction, plays, children's novels and self-help books. Now permanently a resident of Los Angeles, Claire teaches fiction writing in the UCLA Extension Writer's Program. She makes it a point to return to Australia once a year to refresh her Aussie accent.