"Death by Sheer Torture" by Robert Barnard
John has been recommending Barnard for a while and dropped one over on his way back to Vancouver as the library didn't have the ones he suggested reading. I'm amazed our library doesn't have all of his as he writes a good mystery and and there's lots of "British" humour along the way. I loved the depiction of the "squealies" in this one...montrous children who need to be locked in their rooms at night. I'm looking forward to reading more. I'm sure my mystery loving friends will love him.