The killing in the cafe C. L. Pattison Headline FHX|FF Paperback 2025 and the villagers treat him

and the villagers treat him with bewildering suspicion

and at the insistence of the Chekist secret police officer assigned to 'reinforce' the Lybid police station

was about to marry local golden girl Eve

It's a brutal crime at the time of year when there should be goodwill to all

Chief Inspector Georges Gorski ponders the connections

The killing in the cafe C. L. Pattison Headline FHX|FF Paperback 2025 and the villagers treat himCoerced into joining the Save Polly's Cake Shop Action Committee, Fethering resident Jude finds the committee meetings fraught with petty power struggles and clashing egos. Matters take a turn for the worse when she and her neighbour Carole come across a badly decomposed body on Fethering beach and uncover a link to Polly's.