The Lily-White Boys (DCI Webb Mystery Book 9)

'A well-structured book, with good balance between depiction of character and development of plot' - Criminologist

When a disreputable van is dumped outside her house, Monica Tovey is unnerved.

As its gruesome contents are revealed, a frightening chain of events is set in motion which seems to threaten her life...

DCI Webb finds that murder trails in its wake a net of incongruities — burglary, football hooligans, low-flying aircraft and mysterious phone calls.

Can he unscramble the clues to find the murderer and the truth about his two renowned victims?

As usual, his inquiries take him from humble cottages to sumptuous houses as he seeks to dig beneath the evasions, hesitations and denials with which his questions are met.

Can he find the killer amongst the web of deceit and shifty lives of the locals?

By the time he has the answer, Monica's life and those of her family and friends have been turned upside down, never again to be the same.

And at the root of it all lie the two they called The Lily-White Boys.

The Lily-White Boys was previously published as I'll Sing you Two-O.

Praise for Anthea Fraser

‘Ms Fraser is her dependable elegant, guileful self, withholding the killer's identity till a dying fall’ - Sunday Times

‘A superbly crafted, riveting, page-turner of a read’ – Booklist

’A well-mannered, well-plotted and well-told story’ - Birmingham Post

‘Sympathetic, well-executed book, in which full attention is paid to human feelings and failings’ - Yorkshire Post

'The book is a pleasure to read and savour' - Woman Journalist

'Irresistible, all-too-human story' - Dread Review of Mystery

‘Anthea Fraser is a worthy follower of the traditional whodunit system...The plot is sustained throughout, and her artistic detective who literally "draws conclusions" is an original character.' - Sunderland Echo

Anthea Fraser has written all her life but did not begin to take it seriously until after marriage, when she found herself at home with two small daughters and embarked on a correspondence course with the London School of Journalism. She wrote short stories before turning to novels of the supernatural, and then to crime. Her novels include The Seven Stars, The Ten Commandments, Death Speaks Softly and Pretty Maids All in a Row.