Ancestral Hazard

Heritage can be dangerous for the past does not always mix well with the present as journalist Impey Dalrymple finds. She introduces Natty Bell, her childhood playmate, now a celebrity television interviewer, to her new friend, an elderly widow Lady Olga Brancaster. The favours she hoped to do for her friends implode as spectres are unleashed. When Natty investigates, Olga's life starts to unravel. Scandals in her private life rock her social standing. Already her role as President of the prestigious traditional Bisley Heath Golf club is threatened by her feud with the current Lady Captain, dazzling star player Flick Challenger. When one finds the other battered in a bunker, the club plunges into a crisis. Whilst the club's most prominent member lies in hospital in a coma, first a handicapped child, then a much loved dog disappears. Caught in the fray, Impey is drawn into the role of sleuth. Using her knowledge of animal behaviour she has to suss out who are the real friends in her life and who are enemies