When a hit on R.I. Penny's house is foiled by the arrival of Dove and Periwinkle, Penny finds himself at the centre of an assassination attempt. The question is, why?
"The injuries to the throat were committed by metallic claws. There were no traces of DNA."Everyone knows that werewolves don't exist, not even 'up north'. But historian-cum-detective R.I. Penny isn't so sure. Whilst working with his therapist to overcome past trauma, and writing a novel, Penny is embroiled in a murder case, alongside former associates Dove and Periwinkle. But as Penny becomes ever more fixated on the murder and his writing, his fictional world and reality begin to merge, leaving Penny uncertain where the truth ends and the fiction begins.
'Theory, whether wanted, asked for or needed, was what Penny did best. He had a theory for all things.'Restless Souls plots the pathway of jaded art history lecturer R. I. Penny. Upon reading about the death of actress Kate Considine, found dressed as Ophelia from Millais's painting, Penny feels complicit. Indeed, for Penny, trouble is never far away - when a file left in his pigeonhole evidences fraud in the University, he hides it. Bursting with swagger and vulnerability, Penny is questioned as a matter of routine by two detectives, Lucy Freeman and Richard Hart. But Penny is quickly convinced he can out sleuth Hart, and recruits an old friend Dove to help him solve the many mysteries laid out before him.
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