Books in the A Brighton Mystery series

The notoriously difficult landowner Richard Rabbitt is found floating in a lake. Rabbitt had links to shady businessmen in the area, an ex-wife who hated him, and many he was disputing land with including a charismatic former actress. DI Gilchrist and DS Heap must figure out who'd benefit the most from Rabbitt's demise... and who can be trusted?

A theatre actress is killed by a falling lead weight during a play. As DI Sarah Gilchrist and DS Bellamy Heap make their enquiries they find the cast disgruntled with the director, Cat Pinter, regarding her production and that she has recently disappeared. Where has Cat disappeared to? Was the actress deliberately target and, if so, by whom?