from the back cover:
Old Lorely Pelling was as queer as two left boots.....
A reclusive eccentric with a checkered past and dozens of cats, her shooting death os first believed accidental, the result of locals boys' target practice. But Detective Superintendent Mike Yeadings of the Thames Valley Police Force believes darker nmotives are behind the death of the old woman.
The villagers are astounded that Lorely has named her neighbor's children sole inheritors of her estate. For Yeadings, it means unraveling the tangles skein of deception, scandal and desperation in Lorely's long frustrated life - and the secrets she shared with a killer.....
Old Lorely Pelling was as queer as two left boots.....
A reclusive eccentric with a checkered past and dozens of cats, her shooting death os first believed accidental, the result of locals boys' target practice. But Detective Superintendent Mike Yeadings of the Thames Valley Police Force believes darker nmotives are behind the death of the old woman.
The villagers are astounded that Lorely has named her neighbor's children sole inheritors of her estate. For Yeadings, it means unraveling the tangles skein of deception, scandal and desperation in Lorely's long frustrated life - and the secrets she shared with a killer.....
