Nothing to Do With the Case — Elizabeth Lemarchand

Murder is on the agenda for Pollard & Toye! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, M C Beaton, Sophie Hannah and Faith Martin. You can run but you can't hide... Virginia Gould's world is turned upside down when a wealthy family member leaves her his house in his will. She suddenly finds herself a young woman of independent means - but her relation, Nigel Kerslake is furious that she inherited. Determined to escape Nigel's wrath, Virginia decides to make a new start in the village of Marleigh. But it doesn't take long for Nigel to find her. And when a local woman is found murdered Virginia feels her freedom slipping away... Scotland Yard's Chief Superintendent Pollard and Detective Inspector Toye are put on the case. What is Virginia hiding from them? Is she involved with the murder? Or do her fears have nothing to do with the case...? Nothing To Do With The Case is the twelfth cosy village mystery in the Pollard & Toye crime series: an intriguing police procedural set in rural England. 'Lemarchand scores again' - Publisher's Weekly 'a most welcome addition to the mystery ranks... A deft way of completely surprising the reader' - Long Beach Independent Press 'In the best British mystery tradition' - Buffalo Evening News 'In the best Agatha Christie tradition' - Argosy THE POLLARD & TOYE INVESTIGATIONS SERIESBook One: Death of an Old GirlBook Two: The Affacombe AffairBook Three: Alibi for a CorpseBook Four: Death on DoomsdayBook Five: Cyanide With ComplimentsBook Six: No Vacation From MurderBook Seven: Buried in the PastBook Eight: Step in the DarkBook Nine: Unhappy ReturnsBook Ten: Suddenly While GardeningBook Eleven: Change for the WorseBook Twelve: Nothing to Do with the CaseBook Thirteen: Troubled WatersBook Fourteen: The Wheel TurnsBook Fifteen: Light Through GlassBook Sixteen: Who Goes Home?Book Seventeen: The Glade Manor Murder