The Straith and Narrow

Dr Abigail Straith is not a happy woman. In fairness, she has every reason to feel so.
As a former Oxford don, the twenty-seven year-old Abigail isn't even sure how she ended up working in the bowels of the Schillermann Institute in Munich. She does know that she is generally reviled by her peers.
It is in Munich that she encounters two people who are to change her life.
Englishman Christopher Hathersage is a young and somewhat naive artist, who whilst ineptly wooing Abigail, is seen as an ideal target for her often-acerbic tongue.
Viktor Shirokov, nephew of a Russian Oligarch, exploits Abigail's complex communal predilections. It is Viktor who pays for Abigail's membership to an exclusive nightclub where she might satisfy her hedonistic fantasies. Such are Abigail's talents that Viktor sees a business opportunity.
Upon returning unexpectedly to England, private investigator Stephen Gallagher and his assistant Cora Adebayo are asked by a member of a prominent family to look into Abigail's past.
It becomes clear that Abigail Straith is not the person she is assumed to be. Stephen Gallagher's enquiries provide a link between Abigail and an infamous serial killer, little suspecting that the investigation will lead to Abigail being subsequently arrested for murder.
It falls upon Stephen and Cora to make sense of the complex network of familial ties. Ultimately, it is upon single-mother Cora's fragile shoulders that proving Abigail's innocence falls. Of course, that very much depends on whether Abigail is guiltless.
This fantasy novel contains recurrent episodes of overt sexual practices that are fundamental to revealing the personalities of those involved. Hence, they have not been brushed over. For that reason, this book is unsuitable for anyone sensitive to permissive issues.

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