Funeral in Blue, Anne Perry
The Book Lady Callandra Daviot hires William Monk when her crush, Dr. Kristian Beck's wife and another woman are found murdered in an artist's studio. Monk takes the case both for his love of Callandra and his respect for Kristian. Meanwhile, Monk's wife, Hester Latterly Monk, has a case of her own. Her brother Charles is concerned about what his wife Imogen is doing. Her behavior lately has been quite strange. It forces Hester to acknowledge she and Charles have not been the best of siblings, especially in the past few months since Hester's marriage to Monk. Monk is forced to ask Superintendent Runcorn for access to the case, and he must swallow his old enmity of the man in order to get anything at all. Runcorn is in a similar position, having to work the case himself because with Evans on leave, he's short handed. The case is politically sensitive because Beck's wife, Elissa, is the daughter of a powerful politician. At first it's assumed ...
