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Death in the Dark
(1990)(Curse the Darkness)
(The fourth book in the Rain Morgan Mysteries series)A novel by Lesley Grant-Adamson
An utterly gripping cozy crime mystery full of secrets, scandal and unexpected twists.
Meet Rain Morgan, newspaper gossip columnist by profession, amateur sleuth by chance.
The lifeless body of Alf Wilson, the award winning screen writer, was found swinging from his chandelier at nine a.m.
For the police it’s a straightforward case. Alf’s career had nosedived and he’d taken his own life. But for Rain Morgan, who’d found the body, this was murder.
For one thing, there's no way Wilson could have strung up the rope to the chandelier on his own. For another, he'd asked her to meet him at his home — and Rain can't believe he would have asked her there just to find his body.
Wilson had claimed to have a breakthrough script. But whatever he’d been working on had got him killed. Rain is determined to find out who, and what, it was.
Meanwhile, a young novelist disappears while sailing a notorious stretch of the Cornish coast. What appears to be a tragic accident turns sinister when his latest manuscript goes missing.
These seemingly unconnected events begin to point Rain towards a more sinister story.
But the more Rain follows Wilson’s leads and the missing novelist, the closer she gets to a killer . . .
Fans of M.C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin, Richard Osman, Faith Martin, Marty Wingate, Merryn Allingham, Liz Fielding and Richard Coles will love this gripping cozy crime series.
Previously published as Curse the Darkness
PRAISE FOR LESLEY GRANT-ADAMSON��S RAIN MORGAN SERIES:
‘How comfortable to get back to malice domestic, the well-crafted English murder set in the traditional English village . . . [Grant-Adamson] knows how to create an atmosphere of unease and incipient horror.�� P.D. James
‘A Crafty Rebus’ Sunday Times
‘She is turning the genre into an art form . . . A convincing thriller’ Cosmopolitan
⭐⭐⭐��⭐ ‘This is a great Agatha Christie-like little murder mystery. A very enjoyable read.’ GMP
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Brilliant literary crime novel that takes the genre to its highest level. Once again [Lesley Grant-Adamson] shows how it's done’. Charles Prince
MEET OUR AMATEUR SLEUTH
Rain Morgan is a gossip columnist for the Daily Post and local celebrity. In her thirties with a boyfriend who won’t commit, Rain has plenty of time to socialize and meet new friends. But with a knack for discovering bodies, Rain is about to realize gossip can be deadly!
ALSO BY LESLEY GRANT ADAMSON
THE RAIN MORGAN MYSTERIES
Book 1: DEATH ON WIDOW’S WALK
Book 2: DEATH IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
Book 3: DEATH OF AN EDITOR
Book 4: DEATH IN THE DARK
Genre: Mystery
Meet Rain Morgan, newspaper gossip columnist by profession, amateur sleuth by chance.
The lifeless body of Alf Wilson, the award winning screen writer, was found swinging from his chandelier at nine a.m.
For the police it’s a straightforward case. Alf’s career had nosedived and he’d taken his own life. But for Rain Morgan, who’d found the body, this was murder.
For one thing, there's no way Wilson could have strung up the rope to the chandelier on his own. For another, he'd asked her to meet him at his home — and Rain can't believe he would have asked her there just to find his body.
Wilson had claimed to have a breakthrough script. But whatever he’d been working on had got him killed. Rain is determined to find out who, and what, it was.
Meanwhile, a young novelist disappears while sailing a notorious stretch of the Cornish coast. What appears to be a tragic accident turns sinister when his latest manuscript goes missing.
These seemingly unconnected events begin to point Rain towards a more sinister story.
But the more Rain follows Wilson’s leads and the missing novelist, the closer she gets to a killer . . .
Fans of M.C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin, Richard Osman, Faith Martin, Marty Wingate, Merryn Allingham, Liz Fielding and Richard Coles will love this gripping cozy crime series.
Previously published as Curse the Darkness
PRAISE FOR LESLEY GRANT-ADAMSON��S RAIN MORGAN SERIES:
‘How comfortable to get back to malice domestic, the well-crafted English murder set in the traditional English village . . . [Grant-Adamson] knows how to create an atmosphere of unease and incipient horror.�� P.D. James
‘A Crafty Rebus’ Sunday Times
‘She is turning the genre into an art form . . . A convincing thriller’ Cosmopolitan
⭐⭐⭐��⭐ ‘This is a great Agatha Christie-like little murder mystery. A very enjoyable read.’ GMP
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Brilliant literary crime novel that takes the genre to its highest level. Once again [Lesley Grant-Adamson] shows how it's done’. Charles Prince
MEET OUR AMATEUR SLEUTH
Rain Morgan is a gossip columnist for the Daily Post and local celebrity. In her thirties with a boyfriend who won’t commit, Rain has plenty of time to socialize and meet new friends. But with a knack for discovering bodies, Rain is about to realize gossip can be deadly!
ALSO BY LESLEY GRANT ADAMSON
THE RAIN MORGAN MYSTERIES
Book 1: DEATH ON WIDOW’S WALK
Book 2: DEATH IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
Book 3: DEATH OF AN EDITOR
Book 4: DEATH IN THE DARK
Genre: Mystery
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