Unnatural Wastage // Death at Sycamore House — Betty Rowlands

When the body of a woman is found in a skip with a knife in her back, Detective Constable Sukey Reynolds will have to use all her wits to bring the killer to justice

When the body of pretty Fenella Tremaine is found in a skip with a distinctive oriental-patterned knife in her back, Sukey faces some big questions: which of Fenella's enemies hated her enough to kill her . . . and why? Could it be professional rivalry, or her promise to testify against a local residential home that's the key to solving the crime? Sukey will have to use all her wits and her contacts--including dishy journalist Harry Matthews--if she and her colleagues are to bring the killer to justice.