Thea Osbourne is house sitting for a couple who have taken s holiday in
India. Their granny lives next door, but is suffering from the
beginning of dementia. Granny is wondering why her neighbour, Julian
hasn't shown up to visit her.
The evening after Thea arrives, Jessica , her daughter, arrives to
visit. Jessica discovers a dead man in Julian's house. Jessica is a
probationary police officer and to her eye, the death seems suspicious.
She calls it in.
Her suspicions prove correct when the body is found to have a stab wound
in the back. Jessica is given the opportunity to take in the post
mortem; her first. It creates more questions in her mind. Both women
are shocked when they discover a knife in a hallway cupboard drawer. It
appears to have blood on it. A further shock comes when they find a
coat in Granny's house with what appears to be blood stains on it.
Jessica's suspicions are further aroused when a van carrying soil has an
accident nearby. When they check out an old archeological dig, they
determine that new digging had been going on there. Is it connected to
the death of Julian, who was an archeologist?
Author Rebecca Tope presents numerous suspects in this murder mystery, and a surprising conclusion. A quick read.
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