A Kesley and Lambert novel.

 The sun has risen but successful young stockbroker Gavin Elliot is still in bed.

 He lies on his side, his pyjama top hitched up to reveal his back- and a knife sticking out from between his shoulder-blades.

Cold Light of Day

A standalone mystery from the author of the Kelsey and Lambert series.

 A number of people in the Midland town of Milbourne felt their lives would be happier without Zena Yorke, for Zena, rich, spoilt, once-beautiful, diabetic, sat like a spider at the heart of a web of intrigue.

 There was her husband, initially successful in his garment factory because of her but now grown tired of her; Arnold Pierson, the firm's accountant, over whom she had a mysterious hold; her hard-up brother, casting covetous eyes at Zena's money; her beautiful sister-in-law who feared what Zena could disclose.

 In this situation the arrival in the town of a pretty widow acted as a catalyst. Yet when Zena died, the family doctor was satisfied it was from natural causes. There was no case to investigate.

Family and Friends

A Kelsey and Lambert novel.

 A Longmead schoolteacher is found strangled with her own silk scarf and several of the village's men become suspects, as Chief Inspector Kelsey investigates.

Last Walk Home

A Kesley and Lambert novel. Cannonbridge's wealthiest and poorest are drawn into the complex web of DCI Kelsey and Sergeant Lambert's investigations.

 The body of an old man is discovered in the garden of an abandoned house. There are no witnesses. There is no murder weapon.

 The victim is Harry Lingard, the hardworking owner of the council house he grew up in, who still fights for the rights of local tenants.

 Harry had made enemies in high and low places with his vigilantism, investigations into corruption and confrontations with government housing officials. Harry's granddaughter Jill, obsessed with the glamour of her customers at the department store where she works, may not have been pleased when Harry refused to lend her money.

Mortal Remains

A standalone mystery from the author of the Kelsey and Lambert series.

 A mystery story that centres around the young and successful Alison Rolt. Complex strands of small town life unravel in the search for a murderer.

Element of Chance

Two sisters' bodies are discovered near the industrial town of Cannonbridge. As detectives Lambert and Kelsey investigate the double murder, they find themselves upsetting the locals.

 The girl in the green anorak who came into the pub one rainy evening was looking for her sister, who had left home four years before.

 Now, because an unexpected legacy could not be paid until both girls were accounted for, she is hot on the scent, never suspecting that for her it is a scent of death and that each step she takes to try to trace her sister Helen will soon be followed by Detective Chief Inspector Kelsey and Sergeant Lambert.

 It is apparent that the vital clue they are seeking lie in Helen's life between the time she left home and the November night when she had vanished without trace. Patiently Kelsey and Lambert follow Helen through various jobs, to the house where she had a flat, the clinic where she had an abortion, the young man from whom she bought a car.

 At no point could it be proved that Helen was dishonest, yet Kelsey suspects that the hard-working, helpful secretary knew more about her employers and their practices than some of them wished. And therein lies the clue to a double murder.

Scent of Death

A Kesley and Lambert novel.

 Chief Inspector Kelsey and Detective Lambert are investigating the murder of divorcee Venetia Franklin.

 Venetia's ex-husband Ray Franklin and his new wife certainly have a motive: Ray had had to continue providing for Venetia after the divorce. But, there are other suspects: Philip Coburn who had recently broken off an affair with Venetia, and an intense young man she had met just before her death.

 Kelsey is following every lead on the suspects when the death of a mentally disturbed man makes him see them in a new light.

Final Moments

A Kesley and Lambert novel. Chief Inspector Kesley investigates a murder case that will prove to be one of the most difficult and complex of his career.

 When Grace Dalton is found dead the morning after celebrating her 70th birthday, she leaves behind a houseful of suspects, all of whom are mentioned in her will, and money seems to be the motive.

 Could the killer be Esther Milroy, who is discovered to have booked an expensive holiday just prior to the tragedy? Or is Esther's brother Mathew- facing financial ruin before his stepmother's death- the more likely suspect? And what about Verity Thorburn, spurned by her lover, firmly believing that if only she had a bigger disposable income the man who got away would come running back to her?

 DCI Kesley investigates and, this time, it's personal - the dead woman was a friend. He'll do everything he can to put her killer behind bars.

Cold Light of Day

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