Five to Five

Much had been risked, and the murderer had escaped by such a rare combination of chances.

When elderly, unpleasant Simon Ewing was bludgeoned in his maisonette, and a stranger was seen exiting the building by several of the residents. The murderer had entered-and escaped-in just a few minutes when invalid Ewing was left unattended, implying that someone knew the movements of both his household and the neighbours.

Who would run such a risk in a building with multiple comings and goings?

Robbery appears to be the motive, but why was only one ring taken from Ewing's secret hoard of valuable jewellery? A second death leads Detective-Inspector Woods to untangle exactly who was where in the crucial minutes before the murder.

Five to Five draws its inspiration from a notorious unsolved murder in Glasgow - the Slater Case of 1909 - and creates an alternative fictionalised account of what might have happened.

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