The Verge PracticeIn "The Verge Practice," Kathy Kolla and David Brock, Scotland Yard s superlative detective duo, take on a puzzling case in the posh world of big name international architecture, and it has them chasing red herrings and hopping fences from London to Barcelona. Charles Verge, a powerful, cutting edge architect, has disappeared into the blue, leaving behind his firm; his beloved and pregnant daughter; and his young and very dead wife. The case is

he plunges into a bizarre world where he meets extraordinary creatures such as Glondocks

a stripper who imagines moments from her life as if they were movie scenes

or so he thinks

Their journey will take them to a place of terrible beauty and violence

truly immersive mystery

Unhappily for him

The fighting may be ended

'The hounds at our heels will soon know we are lions'

he walks her back to the city

Janeway must unravel the secrets surrounding the book and its mysterious maker

But action changes Hal

from Egypt to Occupied France