Fleming Community Library

London, 1933. Two months after the body of an Indian woman named Usha Pramal is found in a canal of South London, her brother arrives and hires Maisie Dobbs to find out the truth about her death.

"When a friend is found murdered, Frances Wynn, the now-widowed Countess of Harleigh, will discover how far some will go to safeguard a secret in this historical mystery"--Provided by publisher

Having built a successful career based on his famous prosecution of a serial killer fifteen years earlier, attorney Paul Riley realizes that his past case has eerie ties to a new series of murders and that the killer has an agenda aimed specifically at Paul himself.

Cranky Chamber of Commerce receptionist Betsy Dittmeyer is done reading people the riot act. After she's crushed by a fallen bookcase, the next item to be read is her last will and testament--which is packed with surprises. It soon comes to light that Betsy was hiding volumes of dark secrets behind that perpetual frown of hers--and one of them just might have been a motive for murder....