Scene of Crime
by By McGown, Jill
Category: Fiction , Mystery & Detective , Police Procedural

It's three days before Christmas, and the Malworth Amateur Dramatic Society's rehearsal of Cinderella, scripted by local GP Carl Bignall, is struggling. As the flu bug hits, even Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd and the pregnant Judy Hill are co-opted to take roles.But as the rehearsal is getting under way in the Riverside Theatre, the police are answering a call to a suspected break-in at Windermere Terrace. What they find as they step through the open French window are all the usual signs of burglary - and the body of Estelle Bignall, Carl's wife.Why was Carl so late for rehearsals? Where was Dexter Gibson, the fourteen-year-old actor who was supposed to be playing Buttons? Why was Dexter's half-brother driving a stolen car with someone else's gift-wrapped presents in the back? Why is Dr. Bignall's neighbour so reluctant to tell the truth about what he witnessed? And why is Dr. Denis Leeward, Carl's partner, sitting in his car, slightly bruised and in a state of guilty panic...?All Lloyd knows for sure, as he takes charge of the investigation, is that one of them is a murderer.