Death of a Merry Widow

by Richard Hunt

Cambridge University don Maureen Helmont was found murdered. But Maureen seemed an unlikely sort to meet a violent Affectionately known as the "Merry Widow" by her academic colleagues, the attractive and charming woman was universally well liked. Why then was she smothered to death in her sleep?
It soon becomes apparent that Maureen kept many secrets. The university lecturer and authority on the Brontes was also the pseudonymous author of a series of explicit romantic novels, as well as of her own yet-to-be published amorous memoirs. As the police discover, between these dual lives the "Merry Widow" made at least one lethal enemy.

Genres: Mystery

191 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1994

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sidney Walsh and his team investigate the mysterious death of Maureen Helmont. At first it seems that no one would have a motive to kill the popular Cambridge don and romantic novelist. Almost no one knew that she had gone into a nursing home for an operation instead of on vacation, as she claimed. But Hunt has a few tricks up his sleeve in this surprising police procedural.