Weeping on Wednesday — Ann Purser

She's mopped up Murder on Monday. She's tidied up Terror on Tuesday. This Wednesday, working-class mum and housecleaner extraordinaire Lois Meade returns for more mystery--but it seems that someone wants her to wash her hands of it all...

Long Farnden villagers don't know what to make of the reclusive Abrahams of Carthanger Mill--and malicious rumors have surrounded the family as long as anyone can remember. But ever-spotless housecleaner Lois Meade isn't one for mudslinging--and when young Enid Abraham applies for work with New Brooms, Lois's cleaning business; Lois decides to give the girl a try. Then she sees what may be a body in the swollen millstream. And her husband starts getting letters insinuating that Lois is having an affair with a local policeman. After mysterious disappearances and more strange events, Lois begins to wonder if the rumors and gossip surrounding the Abrahams are the key to a terrible secret...