On ne peut pas tout avoir, Paperback Book, By: Rendell, Ruth

At the end of the spring of 1990, Ivor Tesham, rising star in Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government and ardent womanizer, decided to give his mistress a memorable birthday present. He's up to what's called a sex adventure. He has it removed from the street. She is consenting, without suspecting anything. Tied up and gagged, he has it delivered to his home. But all does not go as planned ... The much publicized death of the beautiful and attractive Hebe triggers an investigation that Ivor, an ambitious young minister, wishes to avoid at all costs. The scandal is hushed up, but the death of a second woman forces Ivor to face his worst fears: rich, handsome and powerful, he cannot escape the memories that haunt his memory. We can not have everything.