Title: False alarm
Description: Bea Abbot's asked to find the man or woman who laid a booby trap for Sir Lucas Ossett, the powerful head of an international company, in his own block of flats. She finds Sir Lucas's wife in a state of fear, while gossiping elderly ladies cast doubt on the probity of their eclectic neighbors. Soon it's clear that Sir Lucas's influence reaches out to touch and perhaps corrupt even those nearest to Bea, while trivial incidents escalate into violence--and death.
Subjects: Murder, Investigation, Booby traps, Bea Abbot (Fictitious character), Women private investigators, Fiction, Private investigators, fiction, Crime, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Fiction, crime, London (england), fiction
Places: England, London