A Prey to Murder — Ann Cleeves

Eleanor Masefield could be very difficult to handle, but murdering her seemed a bit extreme....

It was Eleanor Masefield's own idea to sponsor an Open Day at her beautiful Gorse Hill Hotel -- a celebration designed to raise funds for the protection of the local peregrine falcons that had been the obsession of her late husband.

But by teatime on Open Day Eleanor lay dead in the weathering grounds of the beautiful birds of prey that had been a major attraction of the afternoon.

Amateur detective George Palmer-Jones, who had always been a little in love with Eleanor, vowed to find her murderer.