Digging Up Dirt

Poppy McGowan's house in Sydney was being renovated, including having the floor replaced. However, when Poppy received a phone call from her builder informing her that he had found bones buried under the house, the project was immediately put on hold. 

Poppy worked at the ABC where she helped create school programs for young children. As one project was introducing children to archaeology it was suggested that this find could be used as an example of how archaeologists worked. Staff from the Museum, where Poppy had contacts, agreed to have a look at the site and identified the bones as animal bones. Then the next day the body of a woman was discovered at the house- she had been mudered overnight.

Poppy found herself seconded to conduct interviews and help provide stories about the investigation for  ABC news and current affairs. The murdered woman had been standing for preselection for a right wing political party associated with the Radiant Joy Church. Poppy was included among the considerable list of suspects for the murder so there is additional incentive to assist the police in finding the killer. She would also like her house back so that the renovations could recommence.

In Digging Up Dirt, Pamela Hart has written an entertaining murder mystery and has introduced us to a character who, I suspect, will appear again in future novels.