The Politician

''I am insanely in love with George Cross, a perfect detective for our time and for all time'' Stephen Fry A ransacked room. A dead politician. A burglary gone wrong ¿ or a staged murder?THE DETECTIVEDS George Cross loves puzzles ¿ he''s good at them ¿ and he immediately spots one when he begins investigating the death of former mayor Peggy Frampton. It looks like a burglary that went horribly wrong to most but George can see what others can''t ¿ that this was murder.THE PUZZLEAfter her political career ended, Peggy became a controversial blogger whose forthright opinions attracted a battalion of online trolls. And then there''s her family: an unfaithful husband and a gambling-addicted son. With yet more enemies in her past, the potential suspects are unending.THE SUSPECTSCross must unpick the never-ending list of seedy connections to find her killer ¿ but the sheer number of suspects is clouding his usually impeccable logic. He''s a relentlessly methodical