A deadly mystery by CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird: Where there''s a will, there''s a way—for murderThat Miss Beatrice Wansdyke had died is not particularly surprising. A chemistry mistress at the Girls'' Grammar School in Berebury, she was a longtime sufferer of diabetes who managed to live her modest life to a ripe old age. But one thing is odd—Beatrice Wansdyke died a very wealthy woman. What was an old schoolteacher doing with a small fortune? Meanwhile, Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan, Calleshire''s finest investigator, learns he is about to become a father. But with ominous players hell-bent on pursuing Miss Wansdyke''s money, will Sloan live to see his child''s first birthday?
