The least likely victim...When Master Titmarsh, head of the old religious community known as "The Seekers" who devote themselves to farming and the simple life, is found murdered in one of the community's fields, it seems that nobody could have been guilty of the crime. According to his order, Master Titmarsh had no enemies, and no one would have had any motive to kill him. It is only after Detective-Inspector Chaos has moved in to live with the Brotherhood itself that he begins to glimpse the dangerous complexities and grim motives that seethe beneath the apparently placid surface of their lives.Every member of the order has their own story to tell and, as more and more secrets emerge, it becomes ever more difficult for D.I Chaos to weave these stories together into the truth...He Died Of Murderis a gripping mystery that makes you question everyone and everything in the search for justice. Praise for Shelley Smith 'Brilliant' - The Observer'Stylish Thriller' - The Daily Herald'Beautifully Written' - The Spectator'Miss Shelley Smith is among the most distinguished of those writers who have abandoned the detective story for the crime novel. . . The story maintains its tension to the end . . . What she has set out to do is done superlatively well.' -Times Literary Supplement Nancy Bodington was born in 1912. Under the pen name of Shelley Smith,she wrote 15 crime and detective novels between 1942 and 1978. Smith is best known for The Ballard of the Running Man and its 1963 film adaption starring Laurence Harvey and Lee Remick.