The Patient Av Tim Sullivan

<p>''A perfect detective for our time''<b> Stephen Fry</b><br><br><b>No fingerprints. No weapon. No witnesses. Can DS Cross prove it was murder?</b><br><br><b>THE DETECTIVE</b><br><br>DS George Cross doesn''t rely on guesswork and he has no time for false assumptions. He is a detective who goes off the evidence in front of him, not ''hunches'' or ''gut feelings''. He does not know what these are.<br><br><b>THE CLOSED CASE</b><br><br>When a young woman is found dead, the Bristol Crime Unit is quick to rule it a suicide as the woman had a long history of drug abuse. But her mother is convinced it was murder, saying that her daughter had been clean for years and had been making strides in a new therapy programme.<br><br><b>THE ANSWER</b><br><br>As an outsider himself, DS Cross is drawn to cases involving the voiceless and dispossessed and, here, the evidence states that this woman was murdered ¿ Cross just has to prove it. But under pressure from his boss to shut down the case, and with n