EVEN THE MOST RESPECTABLE PEOPLE HAVE SECRETS. SOMETIMES THOSE SECRETS GET THEM KILLED.
Janet West and Laura Stebbing run a mobile library, touring the villages of north-east Essex on a schedule as precise as a railway timetable. Janet brings books to the lonely and housebound, and reads to them, too.
Then Janet’s body is found by a fisherman on the bank of the River Colne. Her blonde hair is blood-soaked and she’s missing a shoe.
Chief Inspector Millson naturally wonders why anyone would murder such a respectable and well-liked woman.
But he and Detective Sergeant Scobie soon discover that there was more to Janet’s life than the library. A lot more.
THE SETTING From picturesque villages to posh yacht clubs, from bustling seaside towns to unspoiled riverside homes, Essex is full of surprises, beauty, and the occasional murder.
EVEN THE MOST RESPECTABLE PEOPLE HAVE SECRETS. SOMETIMES THOSE SECRETS GET THEM KILLED.
Janet West and Laura Stebbing run a mobile library, touring the villages of north-east Essex on a schedule as precise as a railway timetable. Janet brings books to the lonely and housebound, and reads to them, too.
Then Janet’s body is found by a fisherman on the bank of the River Colne. Her blonde hair is blood-soaked and she’s missing a shoe.
Chief Inspector Millson naturally wonders why anyone would murder such a respectable and well-liked woman.
But he and Detective Sergeant Scobie soon discover that there was more to Janet’s life than the library. A lot more.
THE SETTING From picturesque villages to posh yacht clubs, from bustling seaside towns to unspoiled riverside homes, Essex is full of surprises, beauty, and the occasional murder.