Smallbone Deceased

A recently hired lawyer expected a quiet career handling insurance claims at a London firm of solicitors, not anything involving a killing. That changes one morning when a partner unlocks a deed box meant to hold trust documents and finds a body inside. The dead man is a trustee, and the firm's staff must work out how he came to be there. The novel is a British detective story built around the firm's offices and the legal paperwork that surrounds the crime.