The Ambleside Alibi

Description

After an eventful year, Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown is trying to put her tragic past behind her. But just when she thinks her life is coming together, it begins to unravel at the seams. With the delivery of a bouquet of flowers to an elderly lady - complete with a mysterious message attached - sinister secrets come creeping into the light. When an old woman is found dead, Simmy is drawn into the centre of a murder investigation as the prime suspect names her as his alibi. While trying to rebuild her own life, Simmy must untangle the murky lives of others and uncover the motive behind a mysterious killing . . .

Rebecca Tope has led a varied career working as an antenatal teacher, a Relate counsellor and an assistant funeral director. She currently lives on a smallholding in rural Herefordshire rearing Cotswold sheep and Tamworth and Berkshire pigs and produces her own meat and wool.

* 'Intrigue and family disputes, hidden secrets and suspicion...a pleasant read, from an author with a string of crime novels to her name.' Yorkshire Gazette & Herald; * 'This is my favourite type of mystery - a really good 'whodunit'... Highly recommended.' Eurocrime