"Dora and Inez, two old friends, live in the market town of Clerehaven where life is peaceful and uneventful - Inez spends her days teaching and being a solid Pillar of the Community and on most evenings walks 'the Armadillo' to her and Dora's favourite pub." "Jaynie Turner, divorced, beautiful, forceful, bossy and widely loathed, announces to anyone who cares to listen in Clerehaven that she is doing historical research into the town and its residents. Very soon after this announcement she is found dead in a derelict building and suddenly life in Clerehaven becomes interesting." "Who could want to kill Jaynie? Loads of people, Inez and Dora think privately, and it had to be someone who had secrets to hide - secrets which Jaynie in her blundering manner came close to discovering. But what secrets can there be in such a closed community as Clerehaven? This is the task facing Inspector Sheldon Hunter and his loyal, lovestruck sidekick Annette - and once they start to dig deeper into Clerehaven's history they soon discover that Jaynie's is not the first murder in this seemingly peaceful town."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved