Another man’s poison. Ann Cleeves. 2023.

Ursula Ottway’s beautiful cottage is wanted by her landlord, politician Marcus Grenville, for conversion into a holiday residence. So when Ursula discovers that the illegal use of poisoned bait on Greenville’s land has killed not only a rare bird of prey but also her two beloved cats, she storms to his house threatening revenge.

Arriving at her aunt Ursula’s house the following morning, Molly Palmer-Jones is shocked to find her body slumped lifeless on the sofa. Distraught by her aunt’s death, Molly and her husband George decide to piece together a picture of Ursula’s last days and it soon becomes clear that, for many people on the estate, hers was a very convenient death.

Embarking on a murder investigation to bring her killer to justice, their professional expertise doesn’t prepare them for what is to follow as a lifetime’s worth of secrets begin to surface……