Six Feet Under

Death in the garden of England
Curiosity killed the cat. Did it also kill Carrie?
At first Inspector Thanet doesn't know what to make of the murder of the singularly unprepossessing middle-aged spinster in a peaceful Kentish garden. He considers her 'a most unlikely corpse'. But he soon discovers that she not only had a few startling secrets of her own but had been in an ideal position to ferret out those of other people...
An alcoholic pianist, a wardrobe of disguises, forbidden love affairs—strong and unexpected passions smoulder beneath the surface tranquility of life in Nettleton. Thanet warms to the theme of blackmail but surprises himself when he stumbles upon a rather more bizarre and tragic explanation...