A Form of Death: An Eric Ward Mystery

Roy Lewis. Allison & Busby, $24.95 (220pp) ISBN 978-0-7490-0482-8

A Form of Death: An Eric Ward Mystery, by Roy Lewis (Premium on Death), embroils the intrepid solicitor in a murder as a prime suspect. Angry at his unfaithful wife, Ward spends the night with a beautiful young woman who is murdered shortly thereafter. In clearing his name, he finds a web of drug smugglers, businessmen and prostitutes reaching from smalltown England to Southeast Asia.

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