A Lively Form of Death (Chief Inspector Morrissey Mysteries)

The gossips of a tranquil village on the outskirts of Malminster have a field day spreading the news that Helen Goddard's husband has been seduced by the local femme fatale, Marion Walsh.
Then Marion's charwoman is poisoned by milk obviously intended for her employer, and suspicion naturally falls on Helen Goddard until Marion herself is brutally murdered and Chief Inspector Morrissey discovers that a lot of people wanted her dead.
And then there are the missing children, too...
As Morrissey digs deeper he begins to untangle a hideous web of perversion, envy and murder - and skeletons start to tumble out of some very influential cupboards indeed…

'[A] well-plotted, tersely scripted first novel' Publishers Weekly
'Lots of local colour and colourful characters, a closed circle of suspects… the formula is an old one, but this story shows how much potential the formula still has.' F.E.Pardoe
''...an intriguing little thriller … Kay Mitchell builds a neatly joined web of crime that distributes clues and red herrings in an appealing way.' Romford Post
'A thoughtful piece of detective writing' The Lady

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