TIME’S UP (The Walls Family)

The Wall family lose, father and husband Peter on New Year’s Day 2000. Suicide or murder? Suicide seems to be the only logical explanation. As Chairman and founder of Wall’s Civil Engineers in Chester, he had amassed land and debts. His two daughters, Sandra and Sienna, discover how deep the problems are.

There are valuable insurance policies on Peter’s life which should pay out to Peter’s business partner, Roger Whiteside and Ann, his widow. Sandra, a commercial lawyer, takes control of Wall’s and Sienna, a Chartered Surveyor, becomes managing director of Wall’s developments, which become very successful, once land ownership is sorted out in the boom of the 2000 decade.

The family’s new solicitor, John England, is a tower of strength to Ann Wall. He becomes romantically involved with Sienna. The police are convinced that Peter’s unusual death could be only suicide, but as they were about to get a decision from the Coroner, the situation changes. Who will benefit from the insurance money, how the police unravel the death of Peter, is intriguing.