Caught in the Act

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Grace Smith, Private Investigator, is on the case again. She has been tasked with finding the author of anonymous threats to Jonathon Black, an-out of-work addict married to the ruthlessly ambitious TV star Clemency Courtney - but Jonathon and Clemency don't know that Jonathon's mother hired her, and Grace has to go undercover. Posing as their slightly incompetent gardener, she uses every opportunity to snoop around for clues and insert herself into the family's life. Grace discovers plenty of people with motives to hurt Clemency, but no suspects for a grudge against Jonathan. So who is sending the vicious threats, and why? Grace’s life gets a lot more complicated when the infuriating yet alluring O’Hara shows up, asking for her help with another of his dead brother’s old cases and making Grace wonder if she has the strength to resist O’Hara’s charms again. The pair of them are investigating the fourteen-year-old disappearance of Heidi Walkinshaw, a young girl who was snatched on her paper route one morning and never seen again. The police’s one suspect in Heidi’s abduction, Leslie Higgins, was murdered during the investigation, and O’Hara has returned to set right some serious wrongs in the original case. While Grace tries to expose both the poison pen and discover what really happened to Heidi, she finds her life in danger from someone desperate to stop her uncovering the truth… ‘Caught in the Act’ is a highly entertaining crime caper starring Grace Smith. It was originally published as ‘Cue the Easter Bunny’ and is the sixth in the Grace Smith series. “A hilarious and original read satirising the underbelly of British suburban life” – Daily Mail “Superb seaside noir” – Mirror Liz Evans is the author of ten best-selling novels, including the Grace Smith mystery series. She has worked in all sorts of companies from plastic moulding manufacturers to Japanese banks through to film production and BBC Radio. She was born in Highgate, went to school in Barnet and now lives in Hertfordshire.