A Conviction of Guilt

by Matthew Z. Lewin

Overview

The unexplained murder of American PI Murdoch Finnegan at his flat in Belsize Park poses a complex mystery for Horatio T. Parker, chief crime reporter (and secret owner) of the Hampstead Explorer. Not only is the murder apparently motiveless, but it also emerges that in his will Finnegan has left Parker - already a multi-millionaire - a curious house in Golders Green.

Parker, slightly distracted by the gorgeous Samantha McDuff (a karate expert with an excruciating handshake), begins a dangerous investigation which leads him back to the horrifying abduction and murder of a little girl in 1970s London.

Parker's investigative methods are amusingly eccentric, and the story is enlivened by a Jewish policeman-cum-Talmudic scholar and Parker's chauffeur, a cheeky Cockney ex-cabby. But there is no humour in the story's climax, which plumbs the dark depths of fury and retribution.

Originally published under the author name Lew Matthews.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780751554588
Publisher:	Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date:	02/28/2014
Series:	Horatio Parker Mysteries
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	316
File size:	685 KB

About the Author

Matthew Lewin was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1944. After studying at university and training as a journalist he left the country in 1969, travelling and freelancing for a year in South America. He came to London in 1970 and discovered the joys of English local weekly papers. In 1973 he joined the staff of the famous Hampstead and Highgate Express, finally becoming editor for six years until 2000. Since then he has been a freelance journalist, runs a Grade 1 listed building in Hampstead, has written a stage play and is planning more novels.