Pauline Manders

Utterly Crushed Pauline Manders

As the summer of 2012 draws to a close, the Olympic goodwill sweeping Suffolk can't last. Murder is in the air. This is the sixth book in the Utterly Crime series of novels. It stands alone but follows many of the characters seen previously. A brooding menace takes hold of a film production near Stowmarket. Lives are put at risk and Nick, the on-set carpenter, is blamed. Chrissie, an old colleague, helps out, but she too is struggling with her own responsibilities of taking on a business partnership. Networks of deceit are uncovered by Matt, a part-time internet people-tracer, as a memorabilia scam unfolds. Former students, bound by their connections to Utterly Academy, come together - one of the four dies. Nick finds himself in the frame again and a murder quickly follows. DI Clive Merry discovers that "crush" can take on a whole new meaning for his witnesses. The action moves across East Anglia, from Stowmarket and Diss to Aldeburgh and Orford Ness; Bury St Edmunds to Grundisburgh and Ipswich.