The Fox Wife M. R. The Oleander Press FK|FBC Paperback 2015

The Fox Wife M. R. The Oleander Press FK|FBC Paperback 2015Manchuria, 1908: A young woman is found frozen in the snow. Her death is clouded by rumours of foxes, believed to lure people into peril by transforming into beautiful women and men. Bao, a detective with a reputation for sniffing out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman's identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by the fox gods, yet they've remained tantalisingly out of reach. Until, perhaps, now. Meanwhile, the family of a famous

Grey Hutchins is in pursuit of an obsession

rather than dead as she had always been told

It is not long before they learn that the friary in which they are staying is not the safe haven they imagine - one guest has already been murdered

and a note that says: I could have killed you

a spendthrift heir

And when Pallander's son is killed in mysterious circumstances

Now the only grandson of the family is twenty-three

Mma Ramotswe drives out to the hotel with her irrepressible colleague

as the West Indian community of Notting Hill's slums come under attack from thugs and Teddy Boys

Doubtful of the abilities of the Ukrainian police

and been shaped

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