Book description
Once again, there's death on her doorstepÂ
Thea throws herself into house-sitting for Babs and Cedric Angell
in Lower Slaughter following her beloved father's death Â- anything
to keep her busy and away from some of her rather difficult
relatives. Although it's lonely, she has her spaniel Hepzie for
company, and keeping the house in order and looking after the
Angells' menagerie of animals does the trick for a short period of
time.
But when Thea's prickly older sister turns up, after
witnessing a horrific killing, the timeless tranquillity of Lower
Slaughter vanishes, replaced by the sinister connotations of the
town's name.
Rebecca Tope lives on a smallholding in Herefordshire, with a full
complement of livestock, but manages to travel the world and enjoy
civilisation from time to time as well. Most of her varied experiences
and activities find their way into her books, sooner or later. Her own
cocker spaniel, Beulah, is the model for Hepzibah, but is
unfortunately ageing much more rapidly.
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