The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn by Kate High * Clarice Beech #1

England. Clarice Beech has two passions: animal rescue and DI Rick Beech. She is devoted to the first, but she and Rick have been separated for the past 6 months - life without him is hard. Clarice shares her other love for contemporary ceramics with the charming Lady Vita Fayrepoynt. When Vita's adopted 3-legged ginger cat Walter disappears, Clarice is called in to find him. Walter, snug in an old barn, is quite well. But his discovery ends with Clarice in hospital, and Rose Miller in the morgue. Putting their differences aside, Clarice and Rick are drawn together to try to understand the murder that has shaken rural Lincolnshire. Clarice is pulled into a shady world of blackmail, scams and violence. And as the secrets of the Fayrepoynt family threaten to spill out, Clarice finds friendships tested, and her own life at risk. Paperback. Used, see photos. No highlights, pen markings, etc. 5" x 7.75" – 328 pgs Genre: cozy murder mystery, fiction, British, female lead, contemporary, book