MURDER AT BENBURY BROOK: Book Nine

A babbling brook runs alongside a wooded glade, surrounded by autumn light and birdsong, but next to the stream a young woman lies dead, her once bright blonde hair now limp and lifeless. Melissa Craig has settled into a new job in the charming Cotswolds village of Upper Benbury, but her quiet life is interrupted when she sees her new neighbour running out of the woods in a blind panic. Melissa rushes to help him, but what she finds leaves her breathless - the young woman's body. When suspicion falls on Melissa's neighbour, a man with a difficult past trying to make a new start, she feels determined to prove his innocence. As she interviews the local residents, she realises there are several sinister characters lurking inside those charming Cotswold cottages. She decides to get her teeth into the case and doesn't let go. Will she unearth the culprit before another young life is taken? For fans of Faith Martin, Joy Ellis and P. D. James, you'll be hooked from the start. 232pp, paperback.