The Gate House

It's not just the cold and damp clime of the English midlands that is keeping Caribbean beauty Nara Blake awake at night. Her father is dying at her aunt's bed and breakfast at the historic Gate House in Springfield, Lincolnshire--and the man she hoped to marry is suddenly avoiding her. An attempted break-in during the middle of the night and a mysterious key lead Nara on a dangerous quest to unlock the many secrets of the seemingly quaint old Gate House: hidden rooms and stairways that aren't on the blueprints... nosy guests who seem overly interested in the history of the Gate House... dusty crates and boxes left behind after the former owner's sudden death. Soon, the small English town where nothing ever happens is besieged with burglaries and a murder--and Nara and her family quickly fall under suspicion. Can Nara trust police liaison Alex Collier to help solve the mystery and clear her family of wrongdoing--or will he help build the case against them?