The Lord of Cold Compton (Miss Busby Investigates Book 3)

"Miss B, Adeline and Enid are sitting in Lily's tea rooms, discussing the news that Lady Catherine Compton has been found dead. Shot with a double barrel shotgun in her garden. Cold Compton is a quiet village some distance from Bloxford. The newspapers are full of the shocking news. Suspicions centre around her son, Theodore, who found her body. He is Lord Compton, having inherited the title from his father who'd died some years ago. He is almost 21 but his mother had been very determined to retain control of the estate. They argued, and had had another argument the day she was found dead. Lady Compton was a forceful woman, the village belonged to the Compton family and she ruled it rigidly. Although well known as a supporter of good causes, she had become more tyrannical at home and toward the villagers. She had threatened to remove some of the families if they stepped out of line, the villagers were in fear of her. Some of the farmers wanted to bring in new methods such as threshing machines (or balers, or some such), she refused. She had petty rules about washing, which could only be hung out to dry on Monday. She was the queen of her small realm, and a tyrant when crossed" —