Lucy Abelson: 7 books

This traditional murder mystery story is set in Blsley, an ancient English village in the heart of Surrey heathland. The detective is Impey Dalryple, a journalist in her early thirties. She is an expert in animals’ social behaviour. The murders happen in the beautiful well-kept grounds of Bisley...

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...

"I'm talking to a man who's had four wives and keeps a wolf." Journalist Impey Dalrymple has reservations when Jules Challenger, a notorious debt-collector uses her parlous financial state to persuade her to work for him. With her love of animals and expertise in animals' social behaviour...

Strange happenings at Ramsden House care home go unnoticed by the authorities. Set in the beautiful Jurassic coast, this prestigious home started up by a go-ahead professional couple seems the ideal place for star songster, Ursula to place her loved but inconvenient autistic daughter Tosca to develop...

Seeking a civilised sanctuary from her sordid marriage, anthropologist Impey Dalrymple joins a grand old golf club. There she finds herself plunged into strange old-fashioned customs.  Soon she lands herself in trouble with the hierarchy, until the club's top players find they need her. ...

The past haunts the present as journalist Impey Dalrymple finds. Ghosts are unleashed when she introduces her childhood playmate Natty Bell to her new friend Lady Olga Brancaster.  Natty, now a television interviewer, wants to join Bisley Heath Golf club where Lady Olga Brancaster is...

"I'm talking to a man who's had four wives and keeps a wolf!" Penniless journalist Impey Dalrymple is glad for the chance of a job, until she realises its implications.  She would like to refuse the offer, but Jules Challenger, a debt-collector, has ways of persuading people...