Gone Away [electronic resource]
Holt, Hazel2010
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The first in the beloved mystery series set in an English seaside village is "an original, witty, and oddly poignant story" (Publishers Weekly). Everyone in Taviscombe knows that impertinent Lee Montgomery is marrying Charles Richardson for his money, and after Lee vanishes, Charles' friends breathe a sigh of relief. But Charles loves his pretty fiancée and is determined to get her back. He enlists the talents of Mrs. Sheila Malory, whose pastimes include reading nineteenth-century novels and ferreting out the truth. Mrs. Malory, a reluctant amateur detective, is soon convinced that Lee has been the victim of foul play. The residents of this sleepy seaside town are about to discover just how difficult it is to keep their terrible secrets with Mrs. Malory on the case, in this first novel in the series that offers "a charming slice of British village life" (Chicago Sun-Times). "Nicely observed, skillful plot and a clever solution." —The Times (London) "A wonderful heroine." —St. Petersburg Times "Anglophiles will delight in the authentically British Mrs. Malory." —Booklist
Main title:
Gone Away [electronic resource] / Hazel Holt
Author:
Holt, Hazel, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Epicenter Press, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Mrs. Malory Mystery
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Hazel Holt originated from Birmingham, England, where she attended King Edward VI High School for Girls. She studied at Newnham College, Cambridge, and went on to work at the International African Institute in London, where she became acquainted with the novelist Barbara Pym, whose biography she later wrote. Holt wrote her first novel in her sixties and is a leading crime novelist. She is best known for her Mrs. Malory mysteries. Her son is the novelist Tom Holt.
ISBN:
9781603810517
Language:
English
BRN:
2794881
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