Dangerous to Know // Then She Was Dead — Jane A. Adams

Colin Granger is one of life's classic underachievers. His ex-wife Moira left him not because she no longer loved him, but because she was fed up with living in poky bedsits and scraping a living on his meager income. Now a high-flier in the police, she is happily involved with a fellow officer, DS John Moore, but still sees her hopeless ex from time to time and helps him out when money's tight.

Colin calls on Moira's professional knowledge when he unwittingly stumbles across a major case of fraud over the internet. Charlie Radcliffe is the con-man's name and Colin is convinced this unknown man is not harmless - that he might even be a terrorist. Moira promises to make some low-level enquiries, strictly off the record. Two days later she is dead.

Dragged in for questioning by the police, Colin is devastated. He's convinced Radcliffe killed Moira. Then a second woman is murdered, and Colin recognizes her too, through her connection to Radcliffe. Rather than confessing to the police, Colin decides to go it alone. But when he realizes he's bitten off more than he can chew he calls on the help of DS John Moore, Moira's lover. The threats escalate and suddenly Colin is more alone than he's ever been.