Death on the Downs

It wasnt the rain that upset Carole Seddon during her walk on the West Sussex Downs, nor was it the dilapidated barn in which she sought shelter. What upset her was the human skeleton she discovered there, neatly packed into two blue fertilizer bags.Thus begins the mystery for straitlaced Carole and her more laidback neighbor Jude, whose investigation takes them to the small hamlet of Weldisham. There gossips quickly identify the corpse as Tamsin Lutteridge, a young woman who disappeared from the village months before. But Detective Sergeant Baylis will confirm nothing, and Tamsins mother is adamant that her daughter is still alive. Others believe a serial killer is on the loose. As Jude sets out to find Tamsineither dead or aliveCarole digs deeper into Weldishams history and the bitter relationships simmering beneath the villages gentle faade.