Fatal gambit Author Forename:David

Fatal gambit Author Forename:DavidClaire Lidman died fourteen years ago. So why does she appear in the background of a recent holiday snap taken in Venice? Her husband brings the anomaly to Hans Rekke and Micaela Vargas. Initial scepticism gives way to cautious belief, but Rekke is falling apart again and Vargas has her own problems. Her gangster brother is threatening to silence her if she doesn't get off his case. Meanwhile, Rekke's daughter Julia has a new boyfriend she's

Opal is a broke post-menopausal fitness guru

she's roped her unassuming granddaughter

This simple mission on their behalf introduces him to combatants and civilians on both sides of the battle lines: loyalists

the death of Victim 2117 becomes a symbol of everything he resents and is the perfect excuse to unleash his murderous impulses

one in which everyone is expendable - even those his young client loves most

trailer-park educated DI Ryan Wilkins (no relation)

the Josses

peering South through thick spectacles

Sir John Riversley

Yates and puzzle expert Bruce Pitchers

But only one of them is capable of murder

Can they keep running for long enough to uncover the truth about Alice