
And while there have been times in his life where he certainly wanted to strangle his sister, he’s not at all on board with anyone else taking their shot at her. None of these things help all that much when a poisoned drink nearly kills his sister at her engagement party. He is also a son, a brother, and maybe (fingers crossed) a boyfriend. Tom Paretski is an unclogger of pipes, a finder of hidden things, and catnip to slightly creepy clergy. Warning: Contains a strong, silent, macho PI a cheeky, chirpy, cat-owning plumber and a gag gift from beyond the grave that’ll put the cat firmly among the pigeons. At least one of their suspects has a dark secret to hide, which makes Tom’s sixth sense for finding things like a target painted on his back… Phil is just as desperate to solve the case before someone ends up dead-and he fears it could be Tom.

Is it her fiancé Gregory, a cathedral canon with an unfortunate manner and an alarming taste for taxidermy? Someone from her old writers’ circle, which she left after a row? Or could the attack be connected to her work as a barrister?

Neither of their families has been shy about voicing their disapproval, which hasn’t helped Tom’s uneasy relationship with his prickly older sister, Cherry.īut when Cherry is poisoned at her own engagement party, the horror of her near death has Tom’s head spinning with possible culprits.

Phil Morrison became connected at the heart, if not always at Tom’s dodgy hip. It hasn’t been all smooth sailing since plumber Tom Paretski and P.I. “If you dig up the past, be prepared to get dirty.”
