Three Silent Things by Margaret Mayhew

A village mystery from a bestselling author - The colonel has been living in peaceful Dorset village Frogs End for nearly a year, and is well respected for his role in solving the murder of the late Lady Swynford. But then the colonel encounters another dead body that of the once-famous actress, Lois Delaney. As the police embark on their investigation, the colonel makes some enquiries of his own and comes up ith a most surprising theory . . .