Táto autorka skúma temné zákutia ľudskej povahy a spoločenských intríg prostredníctvom napínavých kriminálnych románov. Jej diela vynikajú prenikavým pohľadom na motivácie postáv a zložitosť právneho sveta, čo čitateľom ponúka pútavé a premyslené čítanie. S citom pre detail a psychologickú hĺbku dokáže vykresliť napätie, ktoré udrží čitateľov v napätí až do samého konca.
Janet Neel's Death's Bright Angel takes the traditional English detective story and places it in a realistic, often cut-throat, setting of modern business and government intervention. In doing so, she creates an endearing pair of investigators - high-flying Department of Trade civil servant Francesca Wilson and CID Inspector John McLeish - whose relationship and romance flourishes over the course of seven novels.
When the warden of Gladstone College dies of a lethal combination of pills and booze, a mystery remains—was it accidental death or suicide? As new Warden, Civil Service grandee Dame Sarah Murchieson soon understands the pressures that drove her predecessor over the brink; the college finances are in chaos, a long-running internal battle over Gladstone’s future still rages and the sexual meanderings of a charismatic Fellow are causing a stir. Even with allies like the redoubtable Francesca Wilson, seconded from DTI, and her husband Superintendent John McLeish, setting the college back on its feet is a formidable challenge. Then a frightening series of attacks forces Gladstone to unite in the face of a potential killer....
On a summer holiday in the heathery Scottish Highlands, lovers Chief Inspector John McLeish and Francesca Wilson rescue the victim of a near-fatal fall. But when the victim is killed in another fall in London, John and Francesca know foul play was involved.
William Price has evidently been up to no good and his double-dealings are about to catch up with him... Defrauding money from people buying into his unfinished time-shares, dipping his fingers into the inheritance of his two sons, Price is already known to Catherine Crane of the Fraud Squad. When his dead body is discovered hanging in the basement of his office wearing women’s underwear, it is Detective Chief Superintendent John McLeish who is called in to investigate. He and his wife Francesca, whose finely-honed detection skills and inside knowledge prove invaluable, probe into the heart of the mystery and discover a nest of vipers waiting to bite...
Francesca Wilson ist eine Frau für die ganz besonderen Fälle. Als ein scheinbar unbescholtener Geschäftsmann brutal erschlagen wird, wendet sich die Polizei an sie. Francesca soll die wahrhaft mysteriösen Hintergründe des Mordes aufklären.
Angela Morgan ist Partnerin in einer renommierten Lobbyfirma und mit einem prominenten Minister für Finanzen verlobt. Sie wird jedoch vermisst.... Einige sehr giftige anonymen Briefe und ein umstrittenes Erbe komplizieren den Fall, als Angela tot aufgefunden wird. Detective Inspector John McLeish, dessen Liebesleben mit Francesca Wilson unter Druck steht, wird gerufen, um die Unterströmungen von Whitehall und die Intrigen im Vorstand zu entschlüsseln. Um die Situation zu verstehen, lassen sich sowohl McLeish als auch Francesca von dem Grundsatz leiten: Beginne mit der Bilanz. Dort sind die Leichen.
