- As groundbreaking begins on a rock quarry in the moorlands, a local woman who had opposed the construction is found murdered.
- Bella Furness is lured into a barn and murdered. Her body is found by environmentalist Anne Preece, who is researching reasons to prevent a quarry being dug nearby for a company headed by Godfrey Waugh, whom Vera discovers is having an affair with Anne. Bella opposed the quarry too but, with her death, her stepson Neville, whose business is failing, can sell the house. Bev McDonald is another suspect, as she blames Bella for the disappearance of her little son Lee twelve years earlier, though Bella's husband, Dougie, now a stroke victim, gave her an alibi. Vera learns from Dougie that Bella was about to change her mind and sell her house to Waugh, putting her at odds with reclusive fellow campaigner Edmund Fulwell, who has a secret of his own. Parent-child relationships hold the key to unlocking what becomes a double murder, as well as discovering the fate of Lee McDonald.—don @ minifie-1
- DCI Vera Stanhope and DS Joe Ashworth investigate the death of Bella Furness, a local woman who is found murdered in a barn. The pathologist attributes the death to a severe blow to the head. She was found by Anne Preece, who was conducting an environmental assessment on a proposed - and controversial - new quarry. There are many people who might have wanted her dead. Bella was actively opposed to the new quarry which needed a right-of-way through her property; her step-son Neville is in dire need of cash and he will now benefit financially from her death; Preese and Godfrey Waugh, head of the company wanting to build the quarry, are having an affair; and then there's Bev McDonald who blamed Bella for the disappearance of her son Lee 11 years before. When the police learn that Bella had changed her mind and left a message on Waugh's answering machine to that effect, no one claims to have heard it. A second death starts her on the path to solving the crime.—garykmcd
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