Dimensions
114 x 230 x 18mm
Dawn on a cold February morning; a mist hangs over Oxford, shrouding spires and domes - feisty novelist Kate Ivory enjoys her early morning run with the (mainly) women's jogging group. It gets her away from the word processor and, besides, she hears all the local gossip on the hoof.
This morning, as the group runs by the Isis, weevilish Rose tells how her husband Theo walked out on her, taking the valuable antique enamel mourning-boxes given to her by her grandmother who - horrors - is coming to visit. The group plans to nick the boxes back again. How could they guess that their amateurish raid would provide the cover for a far more sinister crime?
Kate realises that the police will soon be asking some very awkward questions. So, hoping to stay one step ahead of the official investigation, she sets aside her writing to embark on a bit of sleuthing . . .
