Murdering the Beeches

Retired widow, Charlotte Leicester is only too willing to help those in need, therefore, when asked to join the newly founded Community Development Initiative by the local doctor, she eagerly volunteers. She is designated to assist a bedridden elderly woman, Doris Beech, and her down-trodden daughter, Annie, her mother's sole carer and an avid reader. To brighten Annie's dull days, Charlotte asks her good friend, Frieda Keeler, a ghost writer, to come to tea for a cheery chat. Knowing no good deed goes unpunished, Frieda reluctantly agrees, only to discover she feels sorry for Annie, a woman of her own age, who lives in Battersea, an area of London where she grew up. An unexplained death sends Frieda and Charlotte on a quest to find the truth about the lives and past loves of the two women, unveiling a web of lies, deceit and the abominable acts of an insidious killer. This is the fifth book in the TREE SERIES of murder mysteries, set in England in the 1950s, featuring best friends, Frieda and Charlotte, but each book is an adventure in itself and can be read on its own.