Still Water

A British police investigator looks into the murder of an abused woman: "More than a crime novel . . . a tapestry of intrigue and moral quandary" (San Francisco Chronicle).

For Charlie Resnick, the night they found the body in the water was the night that Milt Jackson came to town. Resnick is a jazz fiend and considers Jackson, a contemporary of Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, one of the all-time greats. He has just sat down for the concert when the call comes in about the body. Gravely ...