The Case of the Screaming Beauty

At the Lavender, a charming bed and breakfast in the English village of Chiddlinghurst, the rooms are elegant and the gardens lovely, but a guest has been found dead. Norah Travis, a young woman, lies murdered in one of the rooms, and Detective Inspector David Graham is called in with his sergeant, Harris. Graham is a principled investigator who loves a good cup of tea and carries a darker past of his own. With no witnesses and no clear motive, the pair must sift through lies on a sprawling estate. The hosts, the lodger, an embittered ex-husband, a guarded housekeeper and a forgetful old man all have reasons to stay quiet, and Graham begins to dig into Norah's history, where a hidden truth waits. This is the opening volume of a traditional British detective series with a modern edge.