Death in the GardensIn Leura, a keen gardener named Serena Ives disappears. Her wealthy husband is an obvious suspect, and Paul Ruel leads the investigation. Bella Greaves, who knew Serena years ago when she was a drug addict, finds herself drawn in. Serena has discovered something about her own past, connected to the murders of gay men in Sydneys eastern suburbs in the 1980s. It seems that unwittingly she was responsible for something terrible back then. As Bella

Some of the story

The Problem with Murder is a crime novel about two people who are better together than they have any right to be

Paul starts dating Bella’s daughter Siobhan

connected to the murders of gay men in Sydney’s eastern suburbs in the 1980s

Then he turns to Bella for professional help

Then a disgraced Sydney detective arrives in town

Paul Ruel was exiled to the Mountains to fade quietly from view

it will make you want to visit

She should have known better …

misses nothing

the Aboriginal people

and is — if she's honest — just a little bored