Saddled with Death

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Are family more deadly than strangers?Emma is helping her friend and neighbour Bea Macdonald care for her terminally ill mother, administering the herbal remedies she and her grandmother concoct in their stillroom, to ease Margaret's last days. The Macdonald's Newfie-Lab cross, Hux, is doing his bit as well, though a little confused. All is calm until visitors arrive. Tension is palpable, but the body in the stable still comes as a shock. With the police days away, Margaret is desperate to know in what state she is leaving her family and tasks Emma with uncovering the truth. Who has the most to lose - or gain? If only it isn't who she saw out that night. But it isn't Emma's only problem. Matty is waiting for an answer to that old promise. It probably won't matter, as Emma's inability to keep her thoughts to herself puts her in the path of the killer and just surviving becomes the pressing issue.Set on the Murray River in the 1870s when the paddle steamers' whistles could be heard day and night between Echuca and Goolwa.This book follows British/Australian English. A clean cozy mystery: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.