title: Death of a Friend (West Country Mysteries)
author:  Rebecca Tope 
description: Rebecca Tope is a British crime novelist and journalist. She is the author of three murder mystery series: The Cotswold Mysteries, West Country Mysteries and Lake District Mysteries.
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  # _Death of a Friend_
  
  **REBECCA TOPE**
  
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  > _For Hilton and Jenny Hughes beloved friends_
  
  # Table of Contents
  
  Title Page  
  Dedication  
  PROLOGUE  
  CHAPTER ONE  
  CHAPTER TWO  
  CHAPTER THREE  
  CHAPTER FOUR  
  CHAPTER FIVE  
  CHAPTER SIX  
  CHAPTER SEVEN  
  CHAPTER EIGHT  
  CHAPTER NINE  
  CHAPTER TEN  
  CHAPTER ELEVEN  
  CHAPTER TWELVE  
  CHAPTER THIRTEEN  
  CHAPTER FOURTEEN  
  CHAPTER FIFTEEN  
  CHAPTER SIXTEEN  
  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN  
  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN  
  CHAPTER NINETEEN  
  CHAPTER TWENTY  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE  
  CHAPTER THIRTY  
  CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE  
  CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO  
  CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE  
  About the Author  
  By Rebecca Tope  
  Copyright  
  Advertisement  
  
  **C HARACTER LIST**
  
  **Cattermole Family**
  
  MARTHA
  
  RICHMOND – her husband
  
  ALEXIS – her sister
  
  NINA NESBITT (deceased) – sister to Martha a