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Carol investigates a possible fratricide

SAPPHIC BOOK BINGO: classic, out of your comfort zone, not a romance, full-time writer (now deceased), established couple, non-US/UK setting, possibly other categories

A woman, Charlotte Darcy, was found in a dissociative fugue, holding a hammer, with her dead brother lying on the floor next to her. Did she do it, or was she set up for his murder? The woman's family had many secrets, money was involved, and they also happened to be friends with Carol's aunt, which complicated the case even more.

Sybil and Carol still had some trouble navigating their relationship, especially after she got involved in a local women's group with a woman that Carol disliked. Sgt Mark Bourke shared with Carol that he had a girlfriend, and the dynamic of their relationship changed a little bit. Mark was insistent that Charlotte was the killer, but Carol felt that something was off about that. As usual, Carol cracked the case, but it was still fun to read about life in the 1990s when the book was originally written.