Antiques expert Rowland Egerton the darling of daytime TV has been stabbed to death in his luxurious West London home. The press are going to be all over this one like a nasty rash: the pressure's on Slider for a result and soon. Egerton's partner the bulky granite-faced John Lavender found the body; did he also do the deed? Or was it a burglary gone wrong? A missing Faberge box and Impressionist painting point that way. But as Slider and his team investigate none of the facts seem to fit. And it soon becomes clear that the much-loved charming Mr Egerton wasn't as universally loved or perhaps as charming as Slider was first led to believe…

Part of the A Bill Slider Mystery series.