Ruth Rendell 
In All Honesty (Storycuts) [EPUB ebook] 

Beatrix, an old lady with frequent, irrational phobias, changes her will after she has an argument with her daughter, leaving her daughter nothing, her son a little, and her servants Clive and Gwenda with the majority. When Beatrix dies shortly after she’s hit by a painting (one of her irrational fears), everyone wonders if Clive and Gwenda are to blame.Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Blood Lines.