The Lady in the Park

When a woman is found unconscious on a ping-pong table in Peckham’s Warwick Gardens, it looks like a case of mistaken identity. Why would anyone want to injure this popular local mum of six? But Jim Domino, retired CID detective turned private eye, keeps asking questions.

As the crime escalates to murder, Domino’s investigations take him to the leafy Thames Valley, and plunge him into a dark world of ruthless people-traffickers and drug dealers. How might these sinister activities be linked to the Peckham murder?

Assisted by sharp observations from his six-year-old grandson, Danny, Domino finds that important clues can come from unexpected sources.

The Lady in the Park is about the good in most people, and about love, grief and childhood. The first in an exciting new crime fiction series, it weaves a diverse cast of characters into a twisty immersive plot that will leave readers craving for more investigations featuring the inimitable Jim Domino and his young sidekick, Danny.

Short-listed for PEN/Ackerley Prize 2001

'A likeable and learned guide, Reynolds writes with characteristic grace' Financial Times

'Reynolds is a writer of quiet, calm brilliance' Daily Express

'Bloody gorgeous' Stella Duffy

David Reynolds was a co-founder of Bloomsbury Publishing in 1986. His non-fiction has been widely reviewed, Swan River (Picador, 2001), was shortlisted for the PEN/ Ackerley Prize. He lives in Putney, South London, and knows Peckham well, having spent time there most weeks looking after his grandchildren. The Lady in the Park is his debut novel and the first in the Peckham Private Eye series.

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