| PETER DERWENT never expected to be shotin the back. He never expected to be shot atall, but to be shot in the back is an espe-cially ignominious way to die. Walking home through the woods after anasty argument with neighbor Trevor Gray-son, Peter is so preoccupied with his finan-cial woes that he hardly notices the thunderand lightning. But then a shot rings out. Atfirst Peter thinks it s just another bolt fromthe sky. Then he feels the pain. His last thoughts are of his beloved fam-ily: wife Lorna, son Richard, daughterClare, and little Holly. How will they man-age without him? How will they find themoney to keep Broadfields, the estate thathas been in the family for so many years? |
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