P. D James

"Sacrifice: Novice private investigator Cordelia Gray investigates the death of a young man who appears to have committed suicide for no obvious reason, and, following one of her mentor's rules, uses every possible means to get to know him, going so far as to move into his cottage and sleep in his bed. In doing so, will she, too, become a victim?" -- "A last embrace: Employed by a woman who wants to use Cordelia Gray as bait to gather evidence against...