Title: What came before he shot her
Description: In North Kensington three orphaned mixed-race children are bounced from one home to another. The middle child Joel takes care of the youngest, Toby, who isn't quite right. When a local gang threatens Toby, Joel makes a pact with the devil that ends in the murder of Thomas Lynley's wife.
Subjects: Fiction, Abandoned children, Male juvenile delinquents, Social conditions, Mystery and detective, London (england), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
Places: England, London, North Kensington (London, England)
People: Thomas Lynley