Book Description

In this 5-book box set:BOOK 11: A FALSE FIREAt a birthday celebration for an old friend, Bea can’t help a shiver of foreboding when she notices they are thirteen at dinner. Suddenly, there’s a loud bang — and the dining room curtain goes up in flames. Guests later begin to die in seemingly accidental but very convenient ways — and Bea finds herself in the middle of a mystery which grows more dangerous by the minute.BOOK 12: A FALSE PRIDEIt’s a peaceful Saturday morning, until . . . Bea’s former client, Magda, turns up with a briefcase, stuffed with diamonds. They belong to her employer. He has vanished without a trace and his nephews are hot on Magda’s heels. When a corpse is discovered in Magda’s bed, the mystery takes a lethal turn.BOOK 13: A FALSE ACCOUNTBea never wanted to work for Marcia Tredgold. She fired half her staff, accusing her chef of pocketing a priceless gold watch. And now something terrible has happened to Marcia’s beloved pedigree cats. Bea won’t rest until she gets to the bottom of it all. But the killer is about to strike again. And this time they have a human victim in their sights . . .BOOK 14: A FALSE CONCLUSIONBea can’t wait to have Bernice, her teenage ward, home from boarding school for the summer. However Bernice’s roommate, Evelina Trescott, also turns up on their doorstep. Evelina found her uncle’s dead body, but she claims to remember nothing. Is Evelina really a hapless victim, or is Bea harboring a cold-blooded killer under her roof?BOOK 15: A FALSE FACEBea remarries Piers, hoping that things will be different this time around. He will paint Karina, a fading movie star about to publish her memoirs. But there’s more to Karina than meets the eye — she accuses Piers of theft. Bea wants to believe him but he’s fooled her once before . . . When one of her own clients turns up dead, can Bea unravel the mystery before the killer strikes again?