Bøker av Veronica Heley

Bea Abbot is alarmed when she overhears three men plotting a murder outside her agency, then discovers a man left for dead out in the freezing cold, Horrified, Bea offers him sanctuary at her house, but he's reluctant to reveal his identity. Who is he, and why did those men want to kill him? Bea must uncover the truth before they strike again . . .

Bea Abbot is alarmed when she overhears three men plotting a murder outside her agency, then discovers a man left for dead out in the freezing cold, Horrified, Bea offers him sanctuary at her house, but he's reluctant to reveal his identity. Who is he, and why did those men want to kill him? Bea must uncover the truth before they strike again . . .

Ellie and new husband Thomas are called to deal with Ursula, who has staged a sit-in at church. Ursula challenges Ellie to solve three mysteries: a broken engagement, a disappearance and a death. Ellie suspects there is more to these events than anyone is admitting. Soon she finds her own close circle targeted, as a powerful group hunt her down.

Ellie Quicke is confronted by an angry young man, demanding to know what has happened to his elderly great aunt. Flavia Osborne had refused to move in with her relatives, telling everyon that she's sold her secluded house and was moving to a retiremening flat; but it seems she never arrived at her destination.

Zander asks Bea Abbot to join him on a visit to his former boss Denzil's widow. But Zander had exposed a scam Denzil was running - after which Denzil had, unexpectedly, died. Now Denzil's widow is out for Zander's blood, and the paperwork that proves Denzil's guillt is missing. Denzil's computer could provide answers, but then another death occurs.

Bea Abbot's friend Leon Holland asks for her help to establish an alibi. But why does he need one? And is his life really in danger, as events seem to suggest? Then everything is thrown into chaos as a virus infects the Abbot Agency's systems ... deliberately. But why? Bea is about to find herself drawn into a vicious - and deadly - power struggle.

In the latest Abbot Agency mystery, Bea finds herself obligated to help a businessman whose life is in danger . . . and is sucked into a community packed with scandal, intrigue and corruption