The Chiswick Chauffeur

The eighth Catrin Sayer Mystery.
Sayer returns from an extended maternity leave with the same challenge as most new mothers. She needs to rebalance her life and get back into the workforce. In her case, as a detective inspector in the Metropolitan Police, her work is the specialized world of art crime.
A tip-off from an informant about a painting, a savage knife attack on a person near her home and a police undercover operation at a casino weave together to giver her the biggest challenge of her career; a critical role in a major police operation against a vicious gang operating in East London.