The tomb of the honey bee

the long version

Private Detective Posie Parker is dreaming of a lazy London summer . . . But following the success of the Maharajah diamond case, she finds herself more in demand than ever. Asked to locate a world-famous explorer who has gone missing after a string of catastrophic events, Posie finds herself in murky waters yet again: an aristocratic family torn apart by hatred, a bizarre murder at an English country house, and a cryptic clue left behind by the explorer which is sweeter than honey, but deadlier than poison. In a case where simply everyone has a motive for wanting the explorer dead, Posie's investigation starts off in the English Cotswolds, takes her through the glamorous South of France, on to the mysterious island of Ortigia in Italy, and then to the Tombs of the Pharaohs in Egypt. All in pursuit of truth.