Speak Ill of the Dead — Peter Chambers

Anthea Horan was a country girl who left for the bright lights fourteen years earlier. Mark Preston was given the hopeless task of tracing her, and found himself on an involved and twisted trail. He preferred to investigate delectable Louise Peters, but things kept interrupting - things like murder and assorted mayhem.The opposition was ingenious and ruthless, and for once Preston found he wasn't as smart as he thought.