The Echo: Minette Walters

Who is Billy Blake - an alcoholic vagrant who quoted poetry and preached redemption - and why did he die? Mike Deacon, cynical and discredited journo, wants to know how Blake could have starved to death in one of the wealthiest districts in London. Deacon is also intrigued by the beautiful Amanda Powell, who found Blake and who avoided the Press at the time. Yet she's obsessed with Blake's life now. Deacon investigates to see if there's a connection to her merchant banker husband who absconded abroad with ten million pounds five years ago, and who has not been seen since...