The Helen West Casebook

Pharmacist's wife dies; Helen investigates chloroform hint. Boss and boyfriend dismiss. Dark past emerges, junkie dies, and an impending danger grips Helen's pursuit of truth.

A street-sweeper and a lowlife, Lycett makes many court appearances, often charged with lewd acts but acquitted for lack of evidence. Out of court, he obsesses about his missing daughter-the only reason, he claims, he's so interested in children. Back in the offices of the Crime Prosecution Service, files keep disappearing.

Helen's life is falling apart. Witnesses won't testify, her romance with Bailey is on the rocks, and her apartment desperately needs a spring cleaning. When a friend convinces her to hire help, Helen gets more than she bargained for. The new cleaning lady's husband is Bailey's prime suspect in a murder investigation. Helen finds that justice can be an uphill battle, but Bailey comes through in more ways than one.