A brilliant English whodunnit set in a hospital.

Wealthy Sir Edward Ellis dies during routine treatment at St. Bede’s Hospital — but the post-mortem reveals something chilling: a fatal injection of air, delivered deliberately.

Detective Inspector Bright is called to investigate and quickly finds himself pulled in two directions. At the Ellises’s London townhouse, he uncovers bitter rivalries: a son-in-law desperate for money, a daughter concealing an affair and a widow who knows far more than she’s willing to admit. At the hospital, missing records, feuding staff and evasive witnesses suggest the killer may be one of their own.

Then a family member is nearly killed. And Bright realises the murderer is far from finished.

With every alibi collapsing and every witness lying, Bright must unmask the killer before the next body on the slab turns out to be his.

Perfect for fans of Ruth Rendell, P.D. James and Roy Lewis.

MEET THE DETECTIVE
Detective Inspector Bright of the Metropolitan Police notices everything others miss. In his early forties, with slightly untidy dark hair and piercing eyes, he appears unassuming, but his mind is always observing. Raised in East London, he blends streetwise instincts with empathy. Bright carries a notebook everywhere, sketching crime scenes, suspects’ movements and timelines. He drinks tea obsessively, has a dry, sardonic humour and works best alone.

PRAISE FOR CANDY DENHAM:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I couldn't put this down.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “So very good.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I found this compelling reading and look forward to reading more by this author.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “It is a very entertaining story.”