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Under Your Skin by Sabine Durrant (view source)
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|summary=A brilliant, well crafted whodunit that sees a well known TV presenter at the centre of a murder investigation. Highly recommended.
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When household name Gaby Mortimer finds a body in ion the common near her London home, it is horrible and shocking, but the one thing she doesn’t expect is to become the main suspect in the murder case. After all, she was just the one who found the poor woman’s body. Surely the Police should be spending their time searching for a more likely assailant than a perhaps past her prime TV presenter? But it soon becomes clear that Gaby is the one they are fixating on, the one to whom they will try to make the limited evidence fit. And it’s going to take everything she’s got to convince them otherwise.
I absolutely adored this whodunit with a twist, or rather lots of twists. It’s a poor Polish nanny who has been found dead, and a wealthy TV star who is the suspect – twist number one. In the aftermath, Gaby wants to maintain as normal a life as possible for the sake of her daughter, but the TV studio are less keen – twist number two. There does seem to be some circumstantial evidence linking the two women but Gaby insists, repeatedly, to the Police that they have never met – twist number three. And it goes on. With the Police clearly lacking a motive, but apparently unwilling to consider the possibility of other more likely assailants (what about the boyfriend? The housemates? A mystery lover?), it’s down to Gaby to turn amateur sleuth with the help of a friendly fellow journalist to try to clear her name.
Teens may like [[Ooh, La, La, Connie Pickles by Sabine Durrant|Ooh, La, La, Connie Pickles]] while fans of mysteries might enjoy [[Do Me No Harm by Julie Corbin]]
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