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When an older couple is found dead in their north London home, a double funeral sparks whispers of murder. The local golf club, where the husband worked as a pro, becomes a hub of speculation. As more deaths—including two doctors on opposite sides of the assisted dying debate—pile up, suspicion falls on the couple’s two adopted sons. Amidst the chaos, Leo, a seasoned lawyer in his seventies, finds himself defending a series of clients entangled in their own morally grey cases of assisted death, including a young woman who helped her husband die and a famous actor who ended his mother’s suffering.
Leo, along with his partner, psychotherapist Dr. Marion Fitzwalter, his journalist friend, Dennis Arbuthnot, and his observant black poodle, Pumpernickel, navigates a complex web of deceit. They must untangle the threads connecting an American preacher with a surprising role in the London drug trade to the rising body count. In the brilliantly crafted crime novel, Dead Early, Leo and his allies use their wits and a few clever twists to expose the truth and serve justice, making it a perfect read for fans of Richard Osman.
