I should warn you that it is not a pretty story.
Stories about murder rarely are.
Nobody knows who started the rumour that James McGrath murdered his wife Rosamund.
Certainly no one had seen her in a while, and she had gone off to visit a sick cousin without mentioning a trip to the neighbours.
Still, everyone was inclined to accept the story - that is, until one of the neighbours meets the cousin in town, in excellent health and eager for news of country cousin Rosamund.
Tessa Crichton, a guest in the Oxfordshire locale, is fascinated by this series of events.
Fascination soon turns to a neat bit of detection when someone comes to her with a very strange confession.
Dipping into the case with relish, Tessa soon suspects there's murder mixed up in the mystery.
But until she comes up with a body - or two - no killer can get just deserts.
Murder Post-Dated was originally published in 1983.
This new edition features an introduction and afterword by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.
'The fun lies in the style, light and sweet as a soufflé.
Daily Telegraph.
Dean Street Press Murder post-dated: a tessa crichton mystery, paperback/anne morice
