Butcher's Wood (Brighton Mystery)

A theatre actress is killed by a falling lead weight during a play. As DI Sarah Gilchrist and DS Bellamy Heap make their enquiries they find the cast disgruntled with the director, Cat Pinter, regarding her production and that she has recently disappeared. Where has Cat disappeared to? Was the actress deliberately target and, if so, by whom?

Reviews

The author gives us a solid, satisfying story, but it's the people who inhabit the story that make
the book such a pleasure to read
* Booklist *
Though the series repays reading from the beginning for its complex relationships, this new entry succeeds as a stand-alone * Kirkus Reviews *
A masterly procedural with erudite characters and a nasty sting in the tail * Kirkus Reviews on The Lady of the Lake *
This is a ripping good British mystery, with murder and betrayal among the treats * Booklist on The Lady of the Lake *
Catherine Aird fans who've not yet discovered this series will be delighted * Publishers Weekly on The Lady of the Lake *
Amusing repartee, well-drawn characters, and intriguing plot twists distinguish this police procedural * Publishers Weekly on Swimming with the Dead *
Guttridge effectively combines a challenging mystery with fascinating backstory * Booklist on Swimming with the Dead *
Cleverly nuanced sleuths solve a series of knotty crimes with daring and panache * Kirkus Reviews on Swimming with the Dead *