Bought with Blood

What do English smalltown vigilantes, two murders, a missing pedophile and some newly discovered letters of Thomas Hardy have in common? It's up to Detective Inspector Nick Holroyd to find out in Ann Quinton's (This Mortal Coil) Bought with Blood, a fast-paced and carefully plotted tale that has poor Holroyd also coping with a hitch in his wedding plans he may have discovered a son and a hit-and-run accident involving his fianc e and another surprise child.