False Money

A promising young actress disappears. A trail of suspicious deaths. A deadly game of lottery . . . Tomi, a beautiful, aspiring actress, is missing. Her worried friend Chris asks for Bea’s assistance to track her down. Bea would like to help but she has problems of her own — mending her tempestuous relationship with her stubborn son, his irascible wife, and their already-fussy baby. A few weeks later, Tomi’s body is found lying beside a country road. Her death is ruled an accidental overdose but Bea and Chris are not convinced. Tomi was known to be a law-abiding, conventional young woman. Would she really be taking drugs? Days later, Tomi’s boyfriend is found dead, supposedly a suicide. Next to go is Tomi’s friend Nick — an unfortunate but fatal tumble down the stairs. Can all these deaths really be accidental? Bea decides it’s a coincidence too far. Bea’s investigation reveals the truth lies in a deadly game of lottery, and a killer who will become enormously rich should their evil plan work . . . Can Bea uncover the mastermind behind the rapidly growing sum of bodies, or will she be the next to die . . .?