Young Gods

After catching on fire, extreme sports enthusiast Gideon Frane jumps into a lake and apparently drowns. An anonymous letter telling Gideon he will burn in hell leads to an ex-girlfriend Izzy, who accused Gideon of stalking her for a year, but, though her friend Kit admits to sending the letter, Vera eliminates him as a murder suspect. Gideon's former headmistress Vivienne Ripman tells Vera he was one of a group of golden lads and lasses but an ex-girlfriend Amanda disappeared after a suicide attempt and another friend, Jamie, became a drug addict. Amanda contacts Vera to clear herself - she is now a nun at a convent whose head, Sister Benedict, has happy memories of teaching Vera. Jamie is located and is almost the victim of the same poison that actually killed Gideon. Vera notes that Colin Culvert, a teacher at Gideon's school, died in a car crash in 2007 and that Jamie, an heir to a fortune, has donated all his money to a charity researching spina bifida, a condition one of ... Written by don @ minifie-1