Wheel of Fire: A British police procedural

By Hilary Bonner

A mysterious fire at a Somerset manor house leads to a complex and intriguing case for Bristol detective David Vogel.

When Sir John Fairbrother, head of one of the world’s biggest private banks, burns to death, along with his nurse, in a catastrophic fire at his Somerset manor house, Detective Inspector David Vogel finds himself dealing with a complex and mystifying sequence of events. If arson was involved, as Vogel believes, the obvious suspect is Sir John’s chauffeur/gardener, George Grey … but is he guilty?

Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery and bring those responsible for the fire and two further suspicious deaths to justice, Vogel uncovers a tangled web of intrigue which exceeds anything he at first imagined.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers
• Release date: Dec 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781448301638

Hilary Bonner

Hilary Bonner is a full time author and former chairman of The Crime Writers' Association. Her published work includes ten previous novels, five non fiction books: two ghosted autobiographies, one biography, two companions to TV programmes, and a number of short stories. She is a former Fleet Street journalist, show business editor of three national newspapers and assistant editor of one. She now lives in the West of England where she was born and brought up and where most of her novels are set.

Reviews for Wheel of Fire

[eyes92c · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

David Vogel in fine form!David Vogel has a new case that's puzzling indeed. The previous David Vogel mystery I read I found disturbing because of the subject matter. Wheel of Fire is not that. In the last couple of chapters I thought I knew what was going on. I didn't know it all!Edgy murder mystery that kept me on my toes.Deserves a read!A NetGalley ARC

[vesper1931 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A fire at Blackdown Manor results in the death of the two residents. But everything about that event is suspicious. DI Vogel and his team are called in to investigate.
I didn't really take to the main police character, and the outcome didn't really come as a surprise. It was enjoyable enough and I did finish the story though.
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