Inspector Jury - The Deer Leap

When the population of peaceful Ashdown Dean seems to be inexplicably killing itself off, it's another case for Scotland Yard Inspector Richard Jury and his friend Melrose Plant. But then both men fall for the same beautiful woman...In the idyllic hunting village of Ashdown Dean in Hampshire, postal worker Una Quick is found dead in a phone booth. Soon thereafter, pubkeeper Sally is dead too, and the mayor is ripped apart by his hunting dogs - just a few days before the fox hunt. Could the deaths be part of a plot by mysterious Dr. Fleming, who runs an animal testing lab? Or of the inscrutable Baroness de la Notre? Or might the murderess be passionate animal rights activist Carrie, who's just 15? Famed Scotland Yard Inspector Richard Jury uncovers a long-held family secret someone wants to cover up at all cost, even at the price of murder? But it's not all bloody murder, as the affable Earl of Caverness Melrose Plant develops a crush on Gillian, secretary to the Baroness de la Notre. Gillian herself has an eye on Inspector Jury, however, who actually strikes up a passionate romance with the beautiful lady.