Peter Tamai
Peter Tamai asked:

Why Was Benton Wesley EVER brought back into the series after being killed off? Nothing said about his disappearance, where he has been, why his absence for so long, nothing. And everybody is supposed to go on with their lives as if it never happened. RIDICULOUS

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Lena Benton had to go into hiding when a colleague who was also under cover was killed by the Chandonne family. To keep Kay and Lucy safe Benton had to pretend to be dead.

Both Jay and Jean Baptiste Chandonne are dead. So is Bev Kiffin. Benton decided it was safe to come back from hiding even though the Chandonne family is still alive in France.

You can read more about this in the previous book: Blow fly.
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