Murder by Suicide (Ellie Quicke Mystery Series #2)

Just as Ellie Quicke is beginning to come to terms with life as a widow, poison pen letters start to spread through the parish. The first targets are their much-loved vicar - who is dramatically transferred to another church under a cloud of suspicion - and their feeble little organist. When poor Nora goes to pieces under the strain of persecution, Ellie is asked to help out.
Ellie reluctantly intervenes while valiantly trying to cope with her own family crisis. Her rapacious daughter Diana threatens to move back home while wealthy Aunt Drusilla becomes ever more demanding. To complicate life further, Ellie gains two suitors, one of whom may not be all he appears to be.
The poisonous letters keep on coming, and now their targets include Ellie herself. Perhaps there is more than one crafty hand at work? The police are no help, even when one victim is driven to suicide. Ellie soon discovers that the poison spread by the letters can be fatal to anyone who receives them.