Touched by the Dead

Those two days in May seem to be a highpoint in Colin Pinnock's life: a stunning election victory a new government and junior office for himself. But among the many congratulations he receives is one hostile message a grubby card asking 'Who do you think you are?' Is this merely someone putting him back in his place or do the words have a more profound meaning? And who indeed is he? Who were his real parents?<br><br>As Colin investigates these questions he is led back in time to an old political scandal: a murder case which led to a politician's downfall and disappearance. Events in the present however start tangling with those of the past and he finds himself the object of a series of incidents that at first seem designed to bring down his career with ridicule but later actually threaten his life.<br><br>A beautifully written and intriguing mystery form one of our foremost crime writers.<br><br>'Robert Barnard has the habit of delighting his readers' <i>Sunday Times</i>