Book description
The ninth title in the Libby Sarjeant murder mystery series
based in Kent.
Steeple Martin sleuth Libby Sarjeant and her partner Ben are hosting
a writers' weekend reunion at Ben's family home, The Manor, when a
body is discovered in the grounds.
Even though Scotland Yard are on the case, Libby feels impelled to
investigate a murder on her home patch. Their enquiries take Libby and
her psychic investigator friend Fran Castle to historic Dorset, where
they uncover a complex web of writers' jealousies that has further
tragic consequences before Libby uses all her wiles to get at the truth.
'I love Lesley Cookman's books. They are like being with old
friends. I do hope she keeps on writing them for a long time!'
Lesley Cookman started writing almost as soon as she could read,
and filled many exercise books with pony stories until she was old
enough to go out with boys. After following a varied career as a
model, air stewardess and disc jockey, she turned to writing short
fiction and features for a variety of magazines, before graduating
from the University of Wales with an MA in Creative Writing. She has
taught writing for both Kent Adult Education and the WEA and edited
the first Sexy Shorts collection of short stories from Accent Press in
aid of the Breast Cancer Campaign. She lives on the Kent coast and has
four grown up children and a passion for community theatre. She has
written 10 titles in the Libby Sarjeant Murder Mysteries series and
has also published How To Write A Pantomime.
