num_pages: 468
description: When Professor Alan Tunbridge is discovered in his office with his throat slashed the suspects start queuing up. The brilliant but unpleasant microbiologist had a genius for making enemies.For Warren Jones newly appointed Detective Chief Inspector to the Middlesbury force a high-profile murder is the ideal opportunity. Hes determined to run a thorough and professional investigation but political pressure to resolve the case quickly and tensions in the office and at home make life anything but easy.Everything seems to point to one vengeful man but the financial potential of the professors pioneering research takes the inquiry in an intriguing and for Jones and his team dangerous direction.
language: English
title: The Last Straw
publisher: Carina UK