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The world of academia may be more
dangerous than it seems
The story begins with a terrible shock for Marnie Walker,
followed shortly afterwards by a request to identify a body
pulled from the Thames close to Marnie’s flat in London’s
fashionable Docklands.
Then comes a blast from the past: the news of the death of
someone who had once briefly played an important, if unwelcome,
part in life many years before. Just when it seems that nothing
worse could happen, a campaign is mounted with the clear aim of
destroying everything that Marnie holds dear. Meanwhile, in the
background, in the Ivory Tower world of academia, strange events
are taking place that bring to mind the unpleasant circumstances
that led to Ralph Lombard’s attempted suicide at the time of
Marnie’s first meeting with him some years earlier on the
fateful, life-changing summer cruise on the narrowboat, Sally
Ann.
The campaign of hate gradually escalates to physical violence,
with the perpetrator resorting to increasingly desperate and
dangerous measures that will surely lead to tragic consequences.
But who could this perpetrator be? Suspicion falls on the most
unlikely subjects, leaving Marnie at her wits’ end. Drastic
action is needed, but will it be a case of too little, too late?
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