Publisher's Synopsis
Clarice Beech has two passions in life: animal rescue and Detective Inspector Rick Beech, but she and Rick have been separated for the past six months. Clarice shares her other love for contemporary ceramics, with the charming Lady Vita Fayrepoynt. When Vita's ginger cat Walter disappears, Clarice is called in to find him. Walter, snug in an old barn, is quite well. But his discovery ends with Clarice in hospital, and Rose Miller, late of the Old Vicarage, in the morgue. Putting their differences aside, Clarice and Rick are drawn together to try to understand the murder that has shaken the rural Lincolnshire community. As she explores Rose's past, Clarice is pulled into a shady world of blackmail, scams and violence.
