Cosmopolitan Maddy Knewton thinks there is nowhere she'd rather be than her Cotswold village in spring. But then a woman's body is discovered and her cherished dream begins to dissolve. The stream of gossip that flows through the village touches the lives of Maddy and her lover, but never tells the whole truth.
Was the woman's death a domestic murder? Is someone stalking Maddy? The Girl in the Case is a portrait of a village under pressure and a masterpiece of suspense.