A Death in Two Parts

When Patience Smith discover on her 21st birthday that she is penniless, she decides to return to her cousins' home as companion to her grandmother, the formidable Mrs. Ffeathers, whose main entertainment seems to involve cruelly manipulating her family. No one complains, because Mrs. Ffeathers is very rich and ninety-one years old -- and she has to die sometime. Surprisingly, the old lady takes an immediate liking to Patience and changes her will to leave her a considerable fortune. So, hours later, when she is found poisoned, it seems that only one person had a motive to want the old lady dead...Jane Aiken Hodge is the author of 'A Death in Two Parts' with ISBN 9780786225866 and ISBN 0786225866.