Killing a Unicorn
A Mystery
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Publisher Description
A family with secrets---is murder one of them?
Membery Place has been the home of the Calvert family for over one hundred years. Below it, set in a forest clearing, is a modern, award-winning house designed by architect Mark Calvert, one of Alyssa Calvert's three sons.
Mark's wife, Francesca, has been conscious of an intriguing element of mystery surrounding Bianca Morgan ever since Chip, the eldest Calvert brother, brought her and her child to live with him at Membery. No one, except possibly Chip, knows anything about her previous life. Bianca remains an enigma---and then one day her body is found in a pool beneath a waterfall on the estate.
The three brothers have always been very close, but the subsequent inquiry now reveals that they all had their own secret connection with Bianca. Could one of them have had reason to kill her? Perhaps Jonathan, to save his career as an international cello soloist; Mark, to save his marriage---or even Chip?
The focus of the inquiry shifts dramatically when Bianca's nine-year-old son goes missing. Has the child too been killed, or has he been abducted because he saw his mother's murder? The fruitless search for Bianca's killer and the kidnapper forces Francesca to take matters into her own hands, determined to resolve the mystery of the Calvert family.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
British author Eccles (Untimely Graves) introduces a new sleuthing duo in this outstanding cozy police procedural. Alyssa Calvert, her three grown sons businessman Chip, architect Mark, cellist Jonathan and assorted others all live on the family estate, Membery Place, in the Chilterns near the village of Felsborough. When Chip's girlfriend Bibi is murdered and her young son goes missing, DI Dave Crouch and Sgt. Kate Colville step in to investigate. Mark's wife, Fran, inadvertently becomes involved when she looks into Mark's strange behavior on her own. Membery, an old mansion where pictures of the long deceased Judge Calvert still hang in judgment around every corner, hides any number of dark family secrets. What Fran discovers in her own contemporary house, built of glass cubes and designed by Mark, is even more disturbing. A fast-moving plot culminates in an ending that will surprise even the most astute mystery buff. While fans may miss the author's usual police team, Det. Supt. Gil Mayo and Abigail Moon, Crouch and Colville don't disappoint. Keen insight into all her characters, primary and secondary, plus realistic settings, make this one of Eccles's best.
