Prove my wife is innocent or the hostages die!DCI Woodend has just days to prove that Judith Maitland did not butcher her lover; a few terrifying days to find the real killer. But with the hostage-takers growing twitchy and the army itching to intervene whatever the cost, how can he avoid a bloodbath especially as all the evidence suggests that she is guilty? How can he produce proof if there is none to find?
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*Starred Review* DCI Woodend normally handles murders, so when his boss sends him to Cotton Credit Bank to handle a hostage situation, the constable is puzzled. Arriving on the scene, he learns that three masked men have taken several dozen bank customers hostage; that the police have sent in marksmen in case the situation escalates; and that the main hostage taker has requested Woodend as the only copper with whom he'll negotiate. Entering the bank, Woodend confronts the masked man, who informs him that the hostages will be released if Woodend proves the innocence of Judith Maitland, who has been jailed for 25 years after being convicted of killing her lover; if Woodend hasn't proved Judith's innocence in three days, the hostages will die. With no knowledge of the case and under intense pressure, Woodend, with trusted sidekick Monika Paniatowski, sifts through clues, searching for any evidence that could prove Maitland's innocence. Spencer continues to display her mastery of the British procedural, and this one, with its tense, twisted plot, surprising conclusion, and well-drawn characters, is one of her best yet. Emily Melton
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Spencer was born and brought up in Cheshier. She has been a teacher in England and Iran.
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