As Cold as Charity

'Mrs Beckett had a talent for cultivating enemies the way other women cultivate weeds.'

When Diana Beckett is found slain before hosting a party for her nephews, the community of Lower Denton is shocked. Diana Beckett was a hard-nosed businesswoman and had made enemies. This is a small town where a teenager, Jennie Beasley, went missing some years before. After Diana Beckett's body is found, another woman goes missing, and the community is on edge. The local police are unhappy at DCI Barclay...