num_pages: 387
description: You shouldnt be here. Its too lateThese heard over the phone were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer. Richard Pryce found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine  a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth 3000 to be precise.Odd considering he didnt drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And most importantly which of the mans many many enemies did the deed?Baffled the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne &gt;and his sidekick the author Anthony whos really getting rather good at this murder investigation business.But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish it becomes clear that he too has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case he realises that these secrets must be exposed  even at the risk of death
language: English
title: The Sentence is Death
publisher: Cornerstone Digital