DISCOVER A PAGE-TURNING MURDER MYSTERY SET IN THE IDYLLIC COTSWOLD HILLS. Two days into their golfing trip, on the green fairways of Wye Castle country club, an intimate party of friends is slashed from six to five. After an evening replete with wine and studded with heated quarrels, the four old friends and their two attending wives all have a disturbed night’s sleep. None more so than their self-appointed leader, Guy Harrington. In the half-light of the following morning, the green keeper discovers his corpse splayed in the small hollow of a drained pond. Superintendent Lambert and Sergeant Hook are puzzled by the odd disposition of the limbs and the complete absence of blood. They come to the disturbing conclusion that the body was moved several hours after death. But why? And how? Among the remaining members of the party, Lambert and Hook unearth hidden horrors and sinister passions. As their secrets out, the air thickens with hostility. And Lambert fears the killer will strike again unless he acts quickly. This gripping police procedural is perfect for fans of Betty Rowlands, Agatha Christie, L. J. Ross, Joy Ellis, M.C. Beaton, or Faith Martin. THE DETECTIVES Entering middle age, Superintendent John Lambert has a lifetime of experience under his belt. He may be less spirited than he was in his youth. And more reluctant to leave the peaceful bliss of the garden or the golf course. But his policeman’s instincts are sharp and unshakeable. Detective Sergeant Bert Hook is five years Lambert’s junior, but his ponderous gait and demeanour make him seem the older of the two. His village bobby exterior conceals a shrewd and active brain. THE SETTING Much of the Cotswolds is made up of villages busy with their own concerns. They’re connected by hawthorn-edged lanes and separated by the River Severn, which traces a serpentine route between farmlands, cricket fields, and ancient cathedral cities. There are tracts where the river scarcely moves, passing between rich, green valleys. And all manner of things get trapped here by the low-hanging boughs of willows. In the city of Gloucester, both the river and the people move faster. It's not a city like London, or even Oxford. But a busy place, where people don’t have much time to study those who pass them in the streets. Not so good for disposing of a body, but perfect for dissolving into a crowd. Lambert and Hook Series Book 1: Murder at the Nineteenth Book 2: Making a Killing Book 3: Dead on Course Book 4: Bring Forth Your Dead Book 5: The Fox in the Forest Book 6: Stranglehold Book 7: Watermarked Book 8: Death of a Nobody Book 9: Accident by Design Book 10: Body Politic Book 11: Girl Gone Missing Book 12: Malice Aforethought Book 13: An Unsuitable Death Book 14: An Academic Death Book 15: Death on the Eleventh Hole