A phony corpse, then a real one, create mystery after a controversial plan is put forward to build a "model village" for the upwardly mobile on a four-hundred-acre Sussex park
Refreshing to read an intelligent, literate mystery that is completed in under 200 pages! Note: This is a standalone, not one of the author's Tessa Crichton series.
Most of the people who live in the vicinity of Uppfield Court, Sussex, are firmly against the proposal to build more housing on its spacious grounds. Billy Jones, as consultant architect on the project, is one of the few in favor, even after his beloved daughter Miranda joins the opposition. Then arson and murder enter the picture, with suspects on both sides. One of Morice's few non-series books.