When the body of Laura Jarman is discovered crammed into a steamer trunk and dumped on a Brighton railway platform, her wealthy industrialist families are shouting for answers, but their reluctance to co-operate with the investigation arouses suspicion from all sides.
What could possibly link Laura to private gentlemen's parties on the edge of sleepy Wyncombe village, and what are her family so desperate to conceal?
When Laura's London flatmate is murdered in an almost identical style, Bunch Courtney and DCI William Wright find themselves racing along a convoluted trail through munitions factories and London clubs to a final shocking end.
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Bunch Courtney settled into a mesmeric left-right rhythm with the brushes, not thinking about anything beyond burnishing her Fell Pony's coat to a sleek black sheen.ONE
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(Penkhull Press, 1 December 2022, e-book, 218 pages, #ARC from the author)
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I've read the other Bunch Courtney books so was looking forward to In Cases of Murder. I really enjoyed this. I think the writing was a tiny bit stronger than the other books so it's good to see such an enjoyable series developing. Bunch develops a lot on this book as well as I felt more connected to her. I also felt this book is a bit darker than the other books but in a good way. I thought this was a great read.