Murder on the Rocks (A Lady Hardcastle Mystery #13)

I’ve talked before about ‘uproar’ when deaths are announced and, usually, that’s the case.

The reaction of the other eight people in the room, though, was more difficult to describe.

There were shocked gasps, of course, and Dotty’s hand flew to her mouth, but no one seemed especially upset.

Curiously, Bridgewater and Sidwell-Plant seemed to be more affected than their wives – once you allowed for their instinct towards stiff-upper-lippedness, at least – though perhaps they were considering the legal and financial implications of a sudden death at their client’s weekend retreat.