A Pernicious Fabrication (Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries, #13)

by Lynn Messina

Although Bea wondered why he had bothered with the pretense, she already knew the answer: to display his power. Men who had power wielded power. It was as simple as that.

Ah, there it was, she thought, the misogyny she knew so well. It would not be a murder investigation without a healthy dose of male contempt.