A Coat of Varnish Recent or describing the female aid

or describing the female aid worker who inspired the main character in his The Constant Gardener

Sharpe's Escape takes place in the summer of 1810

you have been found guilty by this court of perpetrating a violent and unprovoked attack on an innocent family including a charge of attempted murder

assisted by his cockney manservant Sam Weller

but he has little idea where to begin

A Coat of Varnish Recent or describing the female aidHumphrey Leigh, retired resident of Belgravia, pays a social visit to an old friend, Lady Ashbrook, who is waiting for medical test results. When Lady Ashbrook gets the all clear, she enjoys her new lease of life for ten days. When she is then found brutally murdered, the entire upper middle class neighbourhood is thrown into disarray.