Secrets are never safe in a small village.

Julian Martston-Lang calls Bea Abbot in a panic – his glamorous stepcousin Mona has been murdered! Mona’s body was discovered in the garden of the house where she was living with her husband, Marcus. Once a billionaire businessman, Marcus’s reversal of fortunes and inability to maintain his wife’s lavish lifestyle was the source of heated rows. Did he reach breaking point?

While it seems an open-and-shut case, Marcus has mysteriously vanished. And Bea is sure there’s something Julian isn’t telling her . . . As she travels down to Marston Hall, Bea is determined to solve the mystery. But she’s about to discover that there’s more to Mona’s death than meets the eye . . . False Relation is the ninteenth Bea Abbot mystery.

Hardcover to be pubished on 5th May 2026.
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1448317707
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