Bea Abbot's summer plans go awry when her ward Bernice's schoolfriend finds herself in trouble. Evelina Trescott's uncle died in a mysterious accident, and Evelina arrives on Bea's doorstep heavily drugged up on epilepsy medication and unable to remember finding her uncle's body. Is she really a hapless victim, or is Bea harbouring a wily criminal?

Bea Abbot's asked to find the man or woman who laid a booby trap for Sir Lucas Ossett, the powerful head of an international company, in his own block of flats. She finds Sir Lucas's wife in a state of fear, while gossiping elderly ladies cast doubt on the probity of their eclectic neighbors. Soon it's clear that Sir Lucas's influence reaches out to touch and perhaps corrupt even those nearest to Bea, while trivial incidents escalate into violence--and...

"Ellie Quicke is shocked when her daughter, Diana, turns up at her door with a suitcase in tow. Bunny Brewster has died of an overdose, and Diana's husband, Evan, is convinced that she is responsible for his friend's death. It seems that Diana and four other neglected, bored wives of Evan's friends recently joked about ways to kill their husbands. Diana's suggested method of murder involved muddling up pills-- could this be how Bunny died, or was...

-- Matters escalate when two bodies are found in the car park, slumped over their steering wheels, stabbed to death.Then everything is thrown into chaos as a devastating virus infects the agency’s systems. A hidden camera. Hate mail. A nasty practical joke. It’s clear that the Abbott Agency has been targeted. But why? And where is it leading?Bea is about to find herself drawn into a vicious power struggle involving greed, envy, ambition and tangled...