When Emily Barton applies for a position as secretary to the moody, mysterious author Matthew Haig, it does not occur to her that she may be putting her life in danger at Touchstone.. From the first, she can sense the Cornish house has many secrets.. Why did her predecessor leave so suddenly?. And why will no one talk about her fate?. Kept at a distance by her brusque employer, Emily is grateful when his handsome cousin, Mike Stacey, offers her companionship.. However, her uneasiness is increased when she discovers that the book Matthew is working on is based on an unsolved local murder, which gives the title, ‘Motive for Murder,’ a new and threatening significance…. Torn between investigating the mysterious deaths at Touchstone and fathoming the two cousins’ intentions, Emily finds herself plunged into danger.. Can she unlock the secret behind the killings?. Or will she remain in the dark about this Motive for Murder?. Praise for Anthea Fraser: . “A superbly crafted, riveting, page-turner of a read" - Booklist. “Ms Fraser is her dependable elegant, guileful self withholding the killer's identity till a dying fall" - Sunday Times. 'A well-mannered, well-plotted and well-told story' - Birmingham Post. 'Sympathetic, well-executed book, in which full attention is paid to human feelings and failings' - Yorkshire Post. Anthea Fraser has written all her life but did not begin to take it seriously until after marriage, when she found herself at home with two small daughters and embarked on a correspondence course with the London School of Journalism. She wrote short stories before turning to novels of the supernatural, and then to crime. Her novels include ‘The Seven Stars’, ‘The Ten Commandments’, ‘Death Speaks Softly’ and ‘Pretty Maids All in a Row’.
