Frozen Charlotte
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発行者による作品情報
A bizarre discovery at a Shrewsbury hospital sparks a coroner's investigation in this "gripping" mystery (Publishers Weekly).
A middle-aged woman walks into the emergency room of a British hospital, cradling a baby in a pink blanket. It's far too late—the child has been dead for years.
The woman claims to have found the baby in her attic, but it's not clear whether her rambling explanations are trustworthy—so it's up to coroner Martha Gunn to determine the true story behind the tragedy and ensure that justice is done . . .
"Plot twists, procedural details concerning the work of both the police and the coroner, and the protagonists' personal lives are interwoven throughout . . . compelling." —Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In chapter one of Masters's gripping third mystery featuring intuitive, no-nonsense coroner Martha Gunn (after 2007's Slip Knot), a middle-aged woman, Alice Sedgewick, brings in the desiccated remains of an infant boy to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Polite yet eerily vacant, Alice insists she found the newborn in her home. Martha, whose job it is to find out not only who has died but where and how, has her hands full, and the police, under Det. Insp. Alex Randall's curt and decisive guidance, fan out to interview a host of colorful yet recalcitrant suspects, including Alice's domineering and blustery husband as well as the previous owners of Alice's house, an arrogant couple who now live in Spain. The widowed Martha's conversations with her spirited teenage twin daughters, her interactions with troubled friends, and her relationship with the enigmatic Alex hold considerable interest. Clues, lined up like golden crumbs, lure the reader to a surprising conclusion.
