TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: You are a chosen one. Your name has been selected to receive these instructions. Follow them exactly and you will have great good fortune. Fail, and this letter will bring you death. You have forty-eight hours. Do not break the chain… While investigating the murder of a fellow police officer, Australian Detective Carol Ashton believes she has discovered a bizarre link between this case and several other unsolved homicides – each victim received a chain letter promising death if the instructions are not followed. When her hunch leads nowhere, Carol figures it was just a coincidence. Then, someone very close to her receives a letter.
Genre: Mystery
Subjects: Ashton, Carol (Fictitious character) - Fiction; Stalking - Fiction; Threats - Fiction
Publication History
| ISBN | 9781864486124 |
|---|---|
| Series | Detective Inspector Carol Ashton Mystery |
| Copyright Date | 1997 |
| Publication Date | 1997 |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 204 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| ISBN | 1562801813 |
|---|---|
| Series | Detective Inspector Carol Ashton Mystery |
| Copyright Date | 1997 |
| Publication Date | November 1997 |
| Publisher | Naiad Press |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 224 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| ISBN | 1872642543 |
|---|---|
| Series | Detective Inspector Carol Ashton Mystery |
| Copyright Date | 1998 |
| Publication Date | November 23, 1998 |
| Publisher | Silver Moon Books |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 206 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Not Rated |
Comment
Chain Letter, the ninth Detective Inspector Carol Ashton mystery, was published by Naiad Press in 1997 and later reissued by Bella Books. While investigating the stabbing of a fellow police officer, Carol finds a link to several unsolved deaths: each victim had received a chain letter promising death if its instructions were not followed. Her estranged lover, Sybil, is back in Australia, and then someone close to Carol receives a letter.
The series follows a senior Sydney police officer who keeps her life as a lesbian hidden from the force. McNab, the pen name of the Australian writer Claire Carmichael (1940 to 2022), was a nine-time Lambda Literary Award finalist.