False Diamond
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The fake diamond in Dilys Holland's engagement ring implies that all is not well in her marriage, and the Holland family matriarch, Sybil, calls on Bea Abbot for help. Bea soon discovers that Dilys and her little girl live in fear of her abusive husband, a man called Benton with whom Bea has already clashed.
Benton wants Bea to rescue the ailing fortunes of his company, part of the Holland empire, and has no scruples about trying violence on her too when she turns him down. To make matters worse, Bea's Member of Parliament son has tied both his fortune and his marriage to Benton's future and is desperate for Bea to rescue him. Then Dilys tries to commit suicide . . . or does she?
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Veronica Heley. (2014). False Diamond. Severn House.
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Starred review from January 20, 2014
Greed, family disharmony, and ambition come together with murderous results in Heley’s excellent eighth Abbot Agency mystery (after 2013’s False Alarm). Bea Abbot, the head of a London domestic agency, is once again in the midst of it all, and, this time, much of it is personal. Dilys Holland is very afraid of her husband, Benton, and it soon becomes obvious that his abuse of her extends to others. Benton will stop at nothing to make himself more rich and powerful at the expense of the Holland family business, and Bea learns that her son, Max, is involved with Benton’s machinations. When Ginevra Benton, Benton’s sister, starts to make trouble, more questions arise, and the body count begins to climb. Bea is no professional investigator, but Detective Inspector Durrell has come to appreciate her abilities and is glad of her help when Bea secures photos that show an attempted suicide is anything but. Suspense and betrayal combined with appealing players make this a superior series entry.
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In Heley’s engaging 13th Ellie Quicke whodunit (after 2011’s Murder My Neighbour), widowed Ellie must deal with a ragtag bunch of guests under her London roof. The trouble starts after her irresponsible daughter, Diana, announces that she’s pregnant by ruthless local real estate magnate Evan Hooper. Though upset by the prospect of the thrice-married man she calls “the Great White Shark” becoming her son-in-law, Ellie finds herself helping the Hooper family after a suspicious fire consumes their house. She takes in Evan’s spurned daughter, Freya, and soon-to-be ex-wife, Angelika, but, as one disaster after another strikes the Hoopers, finds herself torn between the instinctive desire to protect Diana and the suspicion that she may be the culprit. Ellie is as spirited as ever, and her daughter as detestable, in this entertaining entry.
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