Doomed To Die Peter Lovesey Sphere FF|FFJ|FH Paperback 2014 Tess and her friends are

Tess and her friends are forced to team up once again as they investigate a tale of murder and vengeance that could go all the way to the top

experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit

But before she can rendezvous with the major

He sits on the thrones of giants in Cornwall

those who want to profit from the land's resources

Doomed To Die Peter Lovesey Sphere FF|FFJ|FH Paperback 2014 Tess and her friends areJ. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings meets Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies in this darkly satirical illustrated parody of the Tolkien universe: 'A is for Arwen broken by sorrows; B is for Boromir punctured by arrows. C is for Celebrimbor hung out to dry; D is for Denethor?'