The Diary’s much-acclaimed Literature Corner returns this week – for one week only – with the news that former Dechert and Conyers Dill & Pearman marketing aficionado Deborah Middleton has written her first crime novel.
Having not actually read it, your correspondent would not be able to comment on whether the novel is more akin to the next Patricia Cornwell potboiler than a dodgy offshore law firm press release, but we’ll leave you with this excerpt from the oddly-named ‘Square Snapper’ to help you decide:
