Guilty Party

SHE TOOK THE GARDENER'S HOUSE, SOMEONE ELSE TOOK HIS LIFE.

Leonora could not be a party to this. No, it was one thing for her oddball neighbors in their quaint English village to ignore her requests for privacy, to interrupt her painting sessions, and to plunge her into the middle of their petty intrigues and endless round of parties, but it was quite another thing to drag her into the midst of a crime. Leonora had quite clearly seen a dead body beneath the bushes of Cosgreave Estate. A day later the body was gone, and her new "friends" were all pretending it had never been there. All, that is, except the reckless Annabel Hinchby-Smythe. Though no Miss Marple, Annabel is determined to get to the bottom of the mysterious death of the estate's ex-gardener. Under Annabel's guidance, Leonora is suddenly looking at her neighbors in a whole new light--and finding enough secrets to complete an entire picture of blackmail, deceit, and murder.