"Sorrow On Sunday"

Ann Purser's "Sorrow On Sunday" is her seventh book in the Lois Meade mystery novels.  Life is good in Long Farnden except for a series of horse equipment thefts.  Since Lois and her husband, Derek, don't keep horses, it doesn't affect them until one of Lois' cleaning business clients has a saddle stolen.

In the meantime, Derek and a group of his friends have been playing the lottery and they've won.  It's a nice winning but not so much that either one of them is ready to give up their cleaning or plumbing business.  It will be a nice cushion for them and Lois has some ideas about investments that might help them garner future income.

However, when Dot Nimmo (one of the infamous Nimmo crime family members) loses her one and only son to an accident, she's out for revenge because she's sure it is no accident.  She's had her doubts about "accidents" ever since her late husband had one.  She approaches Lois about working for New Brooms and Lois initially says no but after Inspector Cowgill asks Lois to see what information she can learn that might help him solve the recent thefts, Lois decides Dot might be just the person to do some sleuthing for her.

As usual, all does not go as planned and Dot ends up in the hospital near death's door as a result of a pedestrian hit and run accident.  Next Lois and a young friend are almost run off the road and killed as a result of another hit and run.  Lois would have died if the young friend hadn't pulled her from the wreckage.  When a third near miss accident results in a death, Lois and Cowgill are certain these are not coincidences.  It's up to Lois and her friends to help solve a crime once again.  pazt