False Relation

Julian Marston-Lang calls Bea Abbot in a panic — his glamorous step-cousin Mona has been murdered!

Mona’s body was discovered in the garden of the house where she was living with her husband, Marcus. Once a billionaire businessman, Marcus’s reversal of fortunes and inability to maintain his wife’s lavish lifestyle was the source of heated rows. Did they reach breaking point?

While it seems an open-and-shut case, Marcus has mysteriously vanished, and Bea is sure there’s something Julian isn’t telling her. As she travels down to Marston Hall, Bea is determined to solve the mystery, but she’s about to discover that there’s more to Mona’s death than meets the eye.

Bea Abbot discovers that secrets are never safe in a small village...