The Corpse with the Iron Will — Cathy Ace

Welsh criminal psychologist and globetrotting sleuth, Cait Morgan, and her retired-cop husband Bud Anderson, are enjoying some well-deserved peace and quiet at home, in moody, mountainous British Columbia. The sudden death of a neighbor is a significant loss for them both, so Cait's honored when Gordy Krantz's unusual will requests that she eulogize him at his memorial.However, delving into the dead man's background becomes a pressing priority when a puzzling theft, and some surprising discoveries, put our favorite sleuths on high alert. Might someone living in their seemingly tight-knit – and certainly off-beat – rural community have wanted their neighbor dead? And if so, are more people they know at risk?The tenth Cait Morgan Mystery from Bony Blithe Award-winning author Cathy Ace, The Corpse with the Iron Will, forces Cait and Bud to use the skills they've honed tackling cases around the world to unmask a killer who's too close to home for comfort! ...(Cathy Ace) is, as it fortunately happens, more than adept at the Christie thing. Toronto Star ...(Cait possesses)...powers of deduction, which are worthy of Hercule Poirot. The Jury Box, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine