At Death's Door - Idwal Meredith, Bk 2 Author:Robert Barnard Barnard gives us two of his best characters ever: Benedict Cotterel, a former sexual rake and one of the great novelists of his generation, who now lies fading from life on what promises to be his deathbed; and Benedict's one-time mistress, Dame Myra Mason, a renowned and temperamental actress, mother of Cotterel's illegitimate daughter,... more » Cordelia. Myra hates Benedict, who once put a nasty but all-too-true version of her into one of his novels. Cordelia hates Myra for being a terrible mother. Benedict appears to be too far gone to hate anybody. But he does have his good days, when he's able to pick up his tape recorder and dictate new wills eliminating his nearest and supposedly dearest. When Myra is murdered in the local pub a host of possible suspects, led of course by Cordelia, is revealed. Chief Inspector Meredith investigates.« less