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Synopsis
Bea Abbot is back - Bea Abbot runs a domestic agency that doesn’t ‘do’ murder. There’s nothing sinister about charity-worker Zander’s request for her to join him on a visit to his former boss Denzil’s widow. But Zander had exposed the financial scam Denzil was running – after which Denzil had, unexpectedly, died. Now the dead man’s widow is out for Zander’s blood, and the paperwork that proves Denzil’s guilt is missing. Denzil’s computer could provide the answers, but then another death occurs . . .
Publishers Weekly
In Heley's engaging fourth Abbot Agency mystery (after 2009's False Step), Bea's young live-in female assistant, Maggie, asks the London detective to help her ex-boyfriend, Zander. Zander feels responsible for the fatal heart attack that felled Denzil, his boss at the charitable Tudor Trust, because it was he, Zander, who discovered Denzil was scamming the organization. Now Zander, who's of mixed race, has to return some personal items to Denzil's bigoted widow, Honoria. A rude, bullying woman, Honoria threatens to sue the trust for the defamation of her husband's character. Oliver, Bea's other young live-in assistant, does a little high-tech digging in quest of the truth, while Bea must try to placate elderly Lord Murchison, a member of the trust's board, who faces ruin if the truth comes out. Heley's cast of intriguing characters from every walk of life will please British cozy fans. (Apr.)