Residual Risk. Arthur Bell Mystery Series, #10

Some crimes don't end when the bodies are buried. They linger-quiet, approved, and protected. When a civil servant with no public enemies is found dead, Arthur Bell is drawn into a case that reeks not of violence, but of procedure. The paperwork is perfect. The explanations airtight. Every decision has been signed, stamped, and justified. Too justified. As Bell follows a trail of vanished reports, compliant officials, and deaths ruled "necessary, " he uncovers a machinery built not to kill-but to manage risk.
A system where truth is adjusted, responsibility diluted, and murder becomes an administrative outcome. The deeper Bell digs, the clearer the danger becomes. This time, there is no single culprit to confront-only layers of approval and men who never touch the knife. When silence is policy and obedience is lethal, justice carries consequences. And some risks are never fully erased.