Based on a real London murder case, this novel follows Lord Lucan, a dissolute member of the British aristocracy, into the abyss as he is accused of killing his childrens nanny while trying to murder his wife. Based on a real London murder case, this witty, subversive novel follows Lord Lucan, a dissolute member of the British aristocracy, into the abyss as he is accused of killing his childrens nanny while trying to murder his wife. By the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. It is twenty-five years after Lord Lucans mysterious disappearance in the wake of the savage murder of his childrens nanny and the vicious attack on his wife. The celebrated psychiatrist Dr. Hildegard Wolf is approached in her Paris consulting rooms by not one but two men, both claiming to be Lord Lucan. Dr. Wolf is intrigued. Which, if either, of the men is the real Lucky Lucan? Will Lucans daily appetite for smoked salmon and lamb chops provide the clue?Aiding and Abetting is a novel which races between Paris, London, the wilds of Scotland and central Africa, taking in blackmail, stigmata, Interpol investigations and Scottish monasteries along the way.
