Dead in the Morning

Gerald breezily introduced his wife, Helen, to Mrs. Mackenzie, "the greatest cook in the world." Smoothing her hands on her apron, Mrs. Mackenzie smiled pleasantly -- and then her expression changed. Cathy noticed suddenly what a piercing glance came from her bright blue eyes when she was interested. She could not be said to stare, in the sense that Gran did, but nevertheless she was summing Helen up just as shrewdly. Her gaze narrowed. Her hand that she had been about to extend dropped to her side. Helen's already pale face had turned a chalky white ...Yorke, Margaret is the author of 'Dead in the Morning', published 2000 under ISBN 9780754085607 and ISBN 0754085600.