The Perfect Crime? A Novel
Flood, Lila L. Detective Kate Linville chooses to use her last weekend off before joining the North Yorkshire police to visit the spa that her Scotland Yard coworkers have gifted her as a farewell present.
When a girl appears, being pursued by a man brandishing a gun, Kate is sitting on the train headed to her destination. The bullet's course is changed by the detective's swift action, but the stranger runs away.
A mountain bike accident involving a teacher ...