Honor Role: A Novel (A Detective Inspector Tessa Grantley Mystery Book
A captivating thriller of clashing cultures, the code of honor, the power of mercy, and the tangled lies between friends and family, Honor Role follows the quest of a fearless detective determined to do what she believes is right—no matter the cost.
It should have been an open-and-shut case: suicide by cyanide. But when Detective Inspector Tessa Grantley pries open the hidden parts of Freddy Hayworth’s life, she uncovers his complicated battle with mental illness and the parade of spurned women left in Freddy’s wake. Quickly, a full-blown homicide investigation ensues, where nothing is as it seems.
Freddy Hayworth “met his untimely demise in a smart riverside flat -- in its master bedroom en suite to be exact -- pants crunched to his ankles. Hayworth owned the flat, which was smack on the South Bank and couldn’t have come cheap. The first photos of his body to hit my inbox brought back something toxic my not-so-sainted Mum used to say; one of those casually cruel shells lobbed during what she referred to as the "ordeal" of raising me:
“No matter how careful, someday you’re going to step in shit.”
SYNOPSIS
To all save DI Tessa Grantley, the death of dashing Freddy Hayworth looks like suicide by cyanide. As she delves into the victim’s life, Tessa uncovers Hayworth’s struggle with mental illness and a parade of spurned women left in Hayworth’s wake. Nothing is as it seems. At home, single mother Tessa feels the embrace of kind, supportive neighbors. They serve as an extended family for her and young Jonathan, Tessa’s son. A new nanny joins them, Jabirah Rahman, a Pakistani immigrant who becomes a cherished member of Tessa’s fold. Life is good … until Jabirah disappears. Through twists and turns, Tessa uncovers Jabirah’s fate and solves the beguiling mystery of Freddy Hayworth. What she finds sets Tessa on a collision course with both clashing cultures and the flawed concept of modern justice.