"A village shopkeeper, Mrs. King, is killed by a poisoned mushroom. Rudd is very graphic about what happens to a person who is poisoned in that manner, and it isn't pretty, but it is still a great idea for a murder."
June Thomson, a former teacher, has published 24 crime novels, 18 of which feature Detective Chief Inspector Jack Finch and his sergeant, Tom Boyce. She has also written six short story collections of Sherlock Holmes pastiches. Her books have been translated into many languages. She lives in St Albans in Hertfordshire.