Minette Walters, Fox Evil

Standalone, British-set mystery, not detective-centered. The titular character actually calls himself that, and is a nasty piece of work living with a group of so-called travellers. (Mostly a British phenomenon.) ( Read more... )

I bought this used, and will probably be returning it whence it came on the next trade-in run, as I usually do with contemporary mysteries.

Back in my Birmingham days, one of our teaching lab technicians was a relative of the author's; she was just starting out at the time.