Beatrice: An Alarming Tale of British Murder and Woe

Young lawyer Crockett Cook arrives at the decrepit Hawsfeffer Estate in rural England where hes stunned to discover the family patriarch vanished and foul play suspected. A carnival of characters is lusting over the family fortune - a fallen nun a truculent huntsman an aloof arsonist and the overly pretentious bejeweled matriarch. With his tendency to shriek like a drunken bird in the face of danger Crockett enlists the help of his master Petrarch and the familys daughter Brontë to follow a trail of clues from the uncertain present through the familys murderous and mysterious past.Combining multiple genres Beatrice is more than a cozy mystery - its a laugh-filled sleuthing extravaganza.