Fate Worse Than Death

THE STOLEN BRIDE

This was to be Sandra Websdell's wedding day, but she's missing. Her mother assumes Sandra has had a change of heart. But then a treasured garden statue is held for ransom and returned smashed beyond repair. A hush of fear steals over the hamlet of Fodderstone Green. Detective Inspector Douglas Quantrill's worse fears grow as his maddening search for the missing bride continues. But people aren't talking. Even the regulars at the Flintknappers Arms are hiding something. Quantrill is both helped and hindered by Inspector Martin Tait, Quantrill's all-too-charming and far-too-secretive former associate who is trying, against Quantrill's wishes, to lure his daughter into marriage. Still, the mystery lingers: Where is Sandra? And who among them is responsible for her unknown fate?