CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson is back: Now-retired Scotland
Yard superintendent James Pibble isn't about to go quietly into the
night--not when there's a murder case or two (or three) to solve
At Flycatchers, a well-to-do nursing home watched over by no-nonsense
nurse Jenny, one-time detective James Pibble shuttles between his
nothing-to-live-for present and memories of the crimes he's solved--or
failed to. He's roused from his listless existence when he discovers a
dead body on top of the water tower.
Security guard George Tosca isn't the only one at Flycatchers who has
met his maker a bit too abruptly. There have been other suspicious
deaths in the last three years, including those of military man Sir
Archibald Gunter and Bertie Foster-Banks, an inveterate gambler and
shareholder in the home. The arrival of a woman in black sets off a
sinister chain of events, and before he knows it, Pibble is on the case.
As he travels down a twisting path of blackmail and escalating violence,
Pibble finds that his life is suddenly filled with purpose again. He
will bring a cunning killer to justice--or die trying. But the real
reason he went up to the tower on that stormy winter night is linked to
a secret he'll carry to his grave.
One Foot in the Grave is the 6th book in the James Pibble Mysteries,
but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
