A dead art historian. Cold War skulduggery. An extremely hungry dog. Dame Charlotte Lazerton -
eminent art historian and former mentor of Danish academic Torben Helle - is dead. To make it
worse she was found partially eaten by her own pet dog. While the Metropolitan Police believe
that she died of natural causes Torben becomes convinced that Dame Charlotte was murdered
although as usual no-one pays any attention to him. That is until he gains the confidence of a
police inspector who has watched one too many Nordic Noir dramas and is ready to listen to any
Scandinavian in an extremely woolly jumper. Aided - often grudgingly - by his old friend Leyla
Torben soon realises that there are plenty of people who might have wanted Dame Charlotte dead
from her competitors for a prestigious academic presidency to old enemies from her time in
intelligence during the Cold War. One thing is for sure: Torben Helle is woefully unqualified
to catch a killer and the killer knows it... This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on
the classic Golden Age whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie Richard Osman and
Janice Hallett.
