Murder in the Farmhouse

Arnold Landon finds himself drawn into another bitter dispute over land-in which a defenseless old woman pays the ultimate price.

To the casual observer, Penbrook Farm might seem like a ramshackle hovel, buried deep in the woods of Northumberland.

But to fragile old Sarah Ellis, it's home. And the developers can have the place over her dead body.

Of course, no one ever expected it to come to that ...

Least of all Arnold Landon, the peaceable planning officer assigned to Sarah's case.

Late one ni...