Una oración por Abigail

"A Prayer for Abigail" by Curtis Garland This mystery novel, published in Spanish by Bruguera in 1981, concerns investigator Brian Sewell's arrival in the small English town of Rickinshaw on November 16, 1952, summoned by an anonymous client identified only as "J.L.B." to investigate the twenty-year-old death of eighteen-year-old Abigail Sotherby. Sewell finds her neglected grave in an abandoned abbey cemetery bearing a bitter epitaph. Official records reveal she died November 19, 1952, from natural causes—a brain tumor—certified by physician John F. Mayer. Yet the substantial payment of one thousand pounds suggests hidden mysteries. Sewell observes Sotherby Manor nearby and encounters an imperious chauffeur and mourning woman in a Rolls-Royce. The investigation deepens as Sewell considers whether medical records were falsified or whether emotional complications lie beneath the surface.