The Corpse with the Amber Neck

<p><strong>A woman was being strangled Bud. That's what I saw. How could I misinterpret that?</strong></p><p></p><p>It's April in Paris and Cait Morgan's just completed a stint as a visiting professor of criminal psychology at the Sorbonne. Her husband retired homicide detective Bud Anderson has joined her but - when Cait witnesses what she believes is a murder - their plans to revel in the French capital's art and architecture history and food have to take a back seat. Encountering an unexpected ally from Cait's past the couple helps the Parisian police to unravel a knotty case that's woven around an enigmatic woman who created a world-renowned fashion house. Cait employs her unique skill set to pick apart the personal histories of the idiosyncratic people whose careers have been dedicated to creating beautiful garments...revealing a complex tapestry of lies and deceit. When Cait finally stitches together the truth she exposes ugly secrets that have the power to leave lives in tatters...and even cut them short.</p><p></p><p>In this fifteenth Cait Morgan Mystery our favorite Welsh Canadian criminal psychologist and her stalwart husband are as dedicated to delivering justice as ever but run up against a tightly bound set of characters who operate within the hothouse world of <em>haute couture</em>...where what lies beneath the surface is not everything its glamorous image suggests. </p>