Murder at the Old Abbey: Murder, mystery, and suspense in South Wales (The Havard and Lambert Mysteries)

Murder at the Old Abbey: Murder, mystery, and suspense in South Wales (The Havard and Lambert Mysteries)

A suspicious death casts a dark cloud over a small community south of the Black Mountains... White Monk Abbey is a local landmark and its resident patriarch, Caradoc Mansell, a foreboding presence. He runs his household and family as if he is still in the army. And he's been known for rubbing people up the wrong way. So, when he is found murdered, the challenge Chief Inspector Matt Lambert of the Newport police faces is that many people had a powerful grudge or good reason to want him dead. And when it is discovered that Caradoc had children from dalliances in his youth, his family also fall under suspicion - their substantial inheritance having been put in doubt. With so many suspects and little evidence, DCI Lambert finds it difficult to progress the investigation. The family go to ground, so he draws on the advice of his former boss, ex-detective Fabia Havard. Knowing the family, Havard helps Lambert establish motive and opportunity. But will their fractious relationship, the result of repressed feelings for one another, get in the way of finding the killer? MURDER AT THE OLD ABBEY is the second standalone book by Pippa McCathie to feature Matt Lambert and Fabia Havard. If you enjoy it, be sure to check out the others. The full list, all available in paperback and audiobook, is as follows: 1. MURDER IN THE VALLEYS 2. MURDER AT THE OLD ABBEY 3. MURDER BY THE RIVER USK 4. MURDER IN A WELSH TOWN 5. MURDER OF A GENTLEMAN 6. MURDER OF A SCOUNDREL Pippa wrote her first novel in a set of exercise books at the age of fifteen. Her parents, an Anglican vicar and an artist, were not as impressed with this as her school friends, so they suggested she study for a secretarial course and save the writing for later in life. Reluctantly, she did.Pippa was brought up in Mauritius, moved to Guernsey in 1963, then on to London, Durban, Swansea and back to Guernsey, where she lived until a move to Hampshire, where she passed away in 2023.