Fox Evil-------pan macmillan
When elderly Ailsa Lockyer-Fox is found dead in her garden,
dressed only in night clothes and with blood stains on the ground near
her body, the finger of suspicion points at her wealthy, landowning
husband, Colonel James Lockyer-Fox. A coroner's inquest gives a verdict
of 'natural causes' but the gossip surrounding him refuses to go away.
Why?
Because he's guilty? Or because resentful women in the isolated Dorset
village where he lives rule the roost? Shenstead is a place of too few
people and too many secrets. Why have James and Ailsa cut their children
out of their wills? What happened in the past to create such animosity
within the family? And why is James so desperate to find his
illegitimate grandchild?
Friendless and alone, his reclusive
behaviour begins to alarm his London-based solicitor, Mark Ankerton,
whose concern deepens when he discovers that James has become the victim
of a relentless campaign which accuses him of far worse than the death
of his wife. Allegations which he refuses to challenge . . . Why?
Because they're a motive for murder? . . .