Strawberry Heights: A Story about Family, Memory and Trust

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A mysterious death reveals dark family secrets in Leith Harte’s Strawberry Heights.When an affluent, art-collecting old woman dies in her mansion, investigators believe she has been poisoned. Kathleen Wise’s gardener and cook, beneficiaries to her wealth, are charged with the murder. But once detectives Kenneth Everton and Karen Watson enter the scene, they determine that the case isn’t quite so open and shut. After all, Kathleen’s disinherited children are contesting her will and want a part of their mother’s fortune. And the investigation has the entire Wise family suddenly reaching for their alibis. Is this a simple case of murder over a disinheritance? Or can Everton and Watson unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding a wealthy woman’s death and untangle the darkest of family secrets?Strawberry Heights is a page-turning mystery that explores an investigation into a matriarch’s death and the lies and family scandal that surround it.