Murder is Suspected

A cyclist left lying at the side of the road…

Two witnesses to the hit and run are left shaken, their memory questionable.

Thus begins a wide search for the offending vehicle…

Before long, a recently repaired car matching the description is identified.

The problem is that it belongs to the chief constable of the police force and his son was the driver.

Detective Inspector Fusil must now tread very carefully if he is to pursue this line of enquiry.

If the public become aware of a possible indiscretion by such an influential figure in their community, uproar would ensue.

Already under threat of being amalgamated with the local H.Q. into the larger county force, Fusil must keep his investigation under the radar.

But when he is ordered to end his search for justice, Fusil decides to get creative with his methods.

Following a drug link connected to the initial investigation, he soon stumbles across a much more sinister group of crimes - including murder.

Will Fusil put an end to this ring of lawbreaking?

Can he provide enough evidence to identify the driver?

And, most importantly, can he achieve all of this without risking his job?

Murder Is Suspected is full of suspense and expertly entwined crimes, written by a master of the genre.

Praise for Roderic Jeffries

'A first-rate whodunit turning on the resourcefulness of a country gentleman who exploits the process of the law to delay its action. Author on the top of his legal and social form.' - Francis Goff, The Sunday Telegraph

‘Roderic Jeffries established a very high reputation for himself in the field of the legal thriller with Exhibit No. Thirteen and Dead Against the Lawyers. Once again he has used a little known quirk of the law, and woven round it an enthralling story of immense intricacy.' - Maurice Richardson, The Observer

‘The resulting legal intricacies make fascinating reading.' - Hester Makeig, The Spectator

'First-class, smoothly told, fine court scenes and sketches of lawyers entirely absorbing.' - John Clarke, Evening Standard

‘The most ingenious of Mr. Jeffries's exercises in legal trickery.' - Julian Symons, The Sunday Times

'...is for the mystery story connoisseur and particularly the man who can appreciate this ingenious exercise in legal trickery.' - Police World

Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and went to sea in 1943. Six years later he left that trade to become a lawyer. He again changed profession to become a writer. Since 1951, he has written over one hundred and sixty novels under his own name and several other pseudonyms. He began his career by writing books featuring his father’s character, Blackshirt, a popular detective whose adventures have appeared in print for many decades. In time Jeffries branched out and began to write a variety of mystery novels under his own name and several pen names, including Peter Alding and Jeffrey Ashford.