An Appetite for Murder * Linda Stratmann * Frances Doughty #4

A Poisoned Pen, Diet Factions, and a Husband in the Frame.The suspicious death of an overweight man sparks an acrimonious public war in Victorian Bayswater between rival diet doctors, vegetarians, and the radical Pure Food Society. Hired to unmask the author of anonymous, libelous letters surrounding the tragedy, sharp young lady detective Frances Doughty takes the case.But her focus is instantly shattered when a new client, an ex-convict seeking his missing family, is brutally arrested for the murder of his own wife. To clear his name and locate his estranged children, Frances must untangle a web of toxic neighborhood secrets, enduring a vicious personal attack as she races to catch a clever killer before the trail goes cold.