DEATH IN A FISH POND A Perfect Husband, A Perfect Marriage, A Perfect Murder?

Hardback. The night of August 15, 1994, in suburban Salt Lake City, Utah is warm, cooled by a gentle breeze, the neighbourhood quiet as the day slowly winds to an end. But when David Mead returns home from work, his world is shattered by something the dark couldn't hide. Floating in the newly constructed backyard fishpond is his beautiful wife, Pamela - dead. The police arrive to find the hysterical, grieving widower and quickly term it a tragic accident. But was it? As the author, the crusading state prosecutor, and tenacious Detective Jill Candland dig into the seemingly ideal couple's background, they become suspicious. Allegations of David's possible affairs surface along with innuendos about severe financial problems, reports from a cousin who claims he was solicited for a murder for hire and a recently issued insurance policy that pays double for accidental death. When more questions and inconsistencies begin to arise, the investigation turns to David and his alibi. Where was he when his wife died? And how did an athletic young woman drown in less than 3ft of water? With no eyewitness or physical evidence to connect the crime to the suspected killer, Lemcke and Candland must find a way to peel off the mask of deception and unearth the shocking truth. Illus. 298pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in f. dw.