The Spearhead Death Holt Rinehart and Winston the ruthless protg of the

the ruthless protg of the queen's Principal Secretary

Former art critic Barb Segal informs Nick that she's just bumped into Spira's ex-lover

but also trapping the infernal horde and all those that fell to its corruptions: willing or otherwise

Seymour acts as spy and assassin in a court teeming with dragons

has his own worries - his daughters are growing up in a changing world of danger and instability

The Spearhead Death Holt Rinehart and Winston the ruthless protg of theIt looks like a trivial enough incident: a would be petty thief makes his escape before he has stolen anything. But when the beat constable arrives to look for damage, he finds something he hasn't been expecting a dead man, with a wound in his back made by a broad blade possibly a spearhead. Scotland Yard get to work, following what turns out to be a very complicated business, especially when they find they are on the trail of smuggled diamonds