So Bad a Death

the long version

>Maggie Bymes, the sleuth in *Murder in the Telephone Exchange*, is married now and living in a quiet Melbourne suburb. But violent death dogs her footsteps even in apparently tranquil Middleburn. It's no great surprise when a widely disliked local bigwig (who also happens to be her landlord) is shot dead, but Maggie suspects someone is also targeting the infant who is his heir. Her compulsion to investigate puts everyone she loves in danger. This edition includes a new introduction by Lucy Sussex, plus an interview she conducted with the author in 1996.