The Black Ascot by Chas. Todd

Ascot is the latest in the always compelling Inspector Rutledge series by mother/son writing team Charles Todd. A beautiful woman is killed after leaving the Black Ascot--the horse races in honor of the late Edward VII in 1910. A man who had been in love with her is the prime suspect--but he vanishes before the trial. Ten years later, Inspector Rutledge receives a tip about the case from an ex-convict that he helped and he begins to look into the case. Pulling at a string here and a string there, he manages to figure out what really happened the day Blanche Fletcher-Munro died. Along the way, he comes across some friends from his past. And as always, the spirit of Hamish McLeod is close at hand.