Laura Crossfield

In the novel After the Funeral, Laura Crossfield (née Abernethie) was the third child of Cornelius Abernethie and younger sister of Richard Abernethie. Laura married Rex Crossfield whom the family regarded as highly unsuitable and a poor choice on Laura's part. Laura and her husband were both deceased by the time of the events in the book. In the case of Laura, she had died some five years previously. She had been foolish in her investments and had left next to nothing. The family solicitor Mr Entwhistle considered Laura a handsome, romantic girl but someone with no money sense at all. Laura and Rex's only son, George Crossfield became a potential heir to the Abernethie fortune.