COMPULSORY PURCHASE

Fourth book in the series

COMPULSORY PURCHASE

A brand new Goodbody & the Eco Warrior Mystery

Nothing stays the same.
Following the Covid pandemic, most of the population of the rural village of Lower Mulberry, have been in a state of panic for nearly two years owing to the disturbing news that the high speed train route is set to cut through the village and surrounding land.
Staying with her son David, after a serious heart operation, Lucinda Goodbody is keen to get back to her home and Arthur Brownlow, aka Shem, who, having survived an arsonist's fire, is determined to save the village and an ancient woodland from destruction. On the side of the new HS2 link, are the two main businesses in the area with, somewhere in the middle of this conflict, the recently promoted Inspector Saffron Brook of the Mulberry Hollow CID.
During one of the numerous surveys there is a potential discovery of an important Neolithic settlement. This could turn out to be a significant site of scientific and historical interest and may yet stop the rail plans going through.
When further geo-surveying and excavations uncover more recent skeletal remains, they finally solve the mysterious disappearances of two village children going back over seven decades.

2022, is the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The Coronation was held on Tuesday, June 2nd 1953.