Julie Frayn

It Isn't Cheating if He's Dead Julie Frayn 1. izdevums

It Isn?t Cheating if He?s Dead is a modern day fairy tale complete with damsel in distress, white knight, village paupers, an evil step-mother, a castle, and happily ever after. Full of rich characters and a palpable sense of place, it is a sexy tale that is never sappy. Jemima Stone has waited four long years for Gerald, her missing fiancé, to come home. When he is found dead halfway across the country, the news is devastating. Detective Finn Wight has been working Gerald?s case from the beginning. He refuses to drop it now, even though it is out of his jurisdiction. He keeps Jemima apprised of all his findings, no matter how painful. Defending her ?innocent? clients fills Jemima?s days. Finn?s muscular frame and easy smile fill her fantasies. But nothing relieves the guilt. Guilt that she couldn?t prevent Gerald?s devolution from genius scientist, to absent-minded professor, to ?bat-shit crazy? at the hands of paranoid schizophrenia. Guilt that, not long after his death, she was finding solace, and happiness, in the arms of another man. Feeding homeless in a local park helps ease Jemima?s pain. When a new ?resident? shows up, the others are wary. Though he refuses to speak, something in his eyes tells Jemima that he doesn?t belong there ? that someone is looking for him. Jemima and Finn join forces to discover the man?s identity. They uncover the secret that sent him running from home, but there is so much that even he doesn?t know. Will the truth send him over the edge for good? Or can Jemima bring him back to reality? Bring him home? Before it is too late.