
Thea Osborne & her spaniel Hepzibah embark on their second house-sitting commission with few worries. Despite her first disastrous venture in which she became drawn into a murder case (A Cotswold Killing) Thea is convinced that lightning will not strike twice & arrives at idyllic Frampton Mansell with renewed enthusiasm. However it seems she is jinxed: within days of her arrival she finds a body hanging from the rafters of one of the barns. But was it suicide...or murder? The second novel in the series A Cotswold Ordeal" weaves the reader into a tangle of village history neighbourly betrayal & conflicting passions which culminates in a gruelling climax for Thea herself."