'Another of her shrewd and sympathetic looks at contemporary life...A gripping, well-told murder mystery' - Western Morning News
The body of an unknown man is found in a pub car park on a warm summer’s evening.
He has been brutally bludgeoned to death, and there are no witnesses.
When DCI Webb is called to the case, he has a nasty sense that he’s been here before…
Six years previously, Trevor Philpott’s body was found in identical circumstances.
But the case was never closed, and the killer is still at large.
As Webb delves back into the details of the previous case he uncovers more unsolved mysteries.
Are the cases connected?
Has the same killer been responsible for more murders over the years?
DCI Webb must return to the past, if he has any hope of stopping more killings in the future…
The Ten Commandments is a gripping crime novel featuring Anthea Fraser's popular detective David Webb.
‘Ms Fraser is her dependable elegant, guileful self, withholding the killer's identity till a dying fall’ - Sunday Times
‘A superbly crafted, riveting, page-turner of a read’ – Booklist
’A well-mannered, well-plotted and well-told story’ - Birmingham Post
‘Sympathetic, well-executed book, in which full attention is paid to human feelings and failings’ - Yorkshire Post
'The book is a pleasure to read and savour' - Woman Journalist
Anthea Fraser has written all her life but did not begin to take it seriously until after marriage, when she found herself at home with two small daughters and embarked on a correspondence course with the London School of Journalism. She wrote short stories before turning to novels of the supernatural, and then to crime. Her novels include The Seven Stars, The Ten Commandments, Death Speaks Softly and Pretty Maids All in a Row.
The body of an unknown man is found in a pub car park on a warm summer’s evening.
He has been brutally bludgeoned to death, and there are no witnesses.
When DCI Webb is called to the case, he has a nasty sense that he’s been here before…
Six years previously, Trevor Philpott’s body was found in identical circumstances.
But the case was never closed, and the killer is still at large.
As Webb delves back into the details of the previous case he uncovers more unsolved mysteries.
Are the cases connected?
Has the same killer been responsible for more murders over the years?
DCI Webb must return to the past, if he has any hope of stopping more killings in the future…
The Ten Commandments is a gripping crime novel featuring Anthea Fraser's popular detective David Webb.
Praise for Anthea Fraser
‘Ms Fraser is her dependable elegant, guileful self, withholding the killer's identity till a dying fall’ - Sunday Times
‘A superbly crafted, riveting, page-turner of a read’ – Booklist
’A well-mannered, well-plotted and well-told story’ - Birmingham Post
‘Sympathetic, well-executed book, in which full attention is paid to human feelings and failings’ - Yorkshire Post
'The book is a pleasure to read and savour' - Woman Journalist
Anthea Fraser has written all her life but did not begin to take it seriously until after marriage, when she found herself at home with two small daughters and embarked on a correspondence course with the London School of Journalism. She wrote short stories before turning to novels of the supernatural, and then to crime. Her novels include The Seven Stars, The Ten Commandments, Death Speaks Softly and Pretty Maids All in a Row.
