A Killer Man
The Story
Dr. Vallere Amina Abiah is 44, sort-of single, and bored. A misfit in a delinquent milieu, she’s a psychiatrist for the Metropolitan Police Service. She loves what she does, but lately the distraught officers of the law she nurtures haven’t been of adequate delectation. By chance she’s asked to observe the perfunctory interview of Alexander Schiller, a skilled and handsome artist who’s identified the recently discovered body of a young woman as being that of his assistant. A titillating acquaintanceship begins that descends Vallere into the exclusive world of fine art, where compromises are thin, history looms large, and the id rules all. As she straddles her desires and duties, Dr. Abiah, alongside Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Bialac, must use her chameleon-like abilities to uncover the killer of Schiller’s assistant.