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Another Joffe Books freebie - this one good through June 1, according to the email I got, but I wouldn't wait if you want it...just grab it now...

The Sedleigh Hall Murder (originally pubbed in 1980 as A Certain Blindness) is the first in the Eric Ward series by Roy Lewis. Per above, it's free right now at Kindle US and UK.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S5CGHGF/
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07S5CGHGF/

I haven't read any of this series, so can't offer an opinion...

Spoiler:

A SUSPICIOUS DEATH AND A LARGE INHERITANCE WITHOUT ANYONE TO RECEIVE IT.

Eric Ward thinks there is something odd about Arthur Egan's life and death. But Ward is a former police inspector, and trained to be suspicious.

Egan left a large sum. But Ward makes no progress tracing the dead man's offspring. A photograph of an unknown tombstone is his only clue.

He discovers Egan served a term for manslaughter, and that the evidence against him may have been planted. Why had he accepted his fate so meekly?

Despite warnings that he is wasting the firm's time, Ward persists in his investigations.

AND HIS PERSISTENCE LEADS TO MURDER.

And by the time he realizes why, he finds his life and career are both at risk.

AND WHAT IS THE CONNECTION TO LORD MORCOMB AT SEDLEIGH HALL?

This fast-paced mystery will have you enthralled from the start. Set in England in the late 1970s, this is the first book to feature Eric Ward. More coming soon.