Elsie and Ethelred begin simultaneous investigations into Robin's death - as ever with some comical results
a young Intelligence officer is sent to Spain in September 1944
it's clearly going to be one hell of a party
they will do anything to protect their country
When a third body is found crucified upside down in the middle of the ancient forum Allegra realises there is a sinister link between the murders
Borkmann's Point Alex Barclay Elsie and Ethelred begin simultaneousBorkmanns rule was hardly a rule; in fact, it was more of a comment, a landmark for tricky cases . . . In every investigation, he maintained, there comes a point beyond which we dont really need any more information. When we reach that point, we already know enough to solve the case by means of nothing more than some decent thinking. In his memoirs, Borkmann went so far as to claim that it was precisely this ability, or the lack of it, which