Murder on the Farm

Originally published as Forgotten Voices.Meet Rina Martin, a retired actress with a taste for tea, gardening and crime solving.She played a TV sleuth for years, but now she has to do it for real.On a bright September day, mother-of-two Ellen Tailor is shot dead while making dinner in her idyllic farmhouse kitchen.Rina and her policeman friend Mac cannot understand how kindly, popular Ellen could have met with such a violent death in this peaceful, close-knit community.But all is not as it seems at pretty Low Ridge Farm. Ellen was struggling to make ends meet. Her interfering mother-in-law controls the family with an iron fist. And Ellen’s creepy ex-boyfriend had recently turned up.As Rina and Mac question Ellen’s family and friends, another local resident meets a sudden end.Is there a killer on the loose among these gentle farming folk . . . ?With a little help from Rina, the community must rally round to uncover the murderer in their midst.