Superfluous Death [electronic resource]
Holt, Hazel2011
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A wealthy woman's demise disrupts the peace of an English village: "A delight." —Time Out The sleepy seaside town of Taviscombe has more than its share of gossips and schemers. It also has Mrs. Sheila Malory, a widow whose gift for judging character and unmasking murderers is as impressive as her knowledge of nineteenth-century literature. Mrs. Malory's sleuthing talents are tested once again when she comes upon the body of one of her friends, a sweet elderly lady. Miss Graham's death by poison is quite convenient for a local doctor of dubious reputation—because the dead woman's refusal to move had thwarted Dr. Cowley's plans to build a nursing home. But Mrs. Malory knows that nothing is as simple as it seems, especially when it is revealed that Miss Graham left a considerable fortune. Another suspicious death during a fireworks display further complicates matters. These two very different murders—one furtive, the other violent—can't possibly be related. Or can they? "A wonderful heroine." —St. Petersburg Times "Anglophiles will delight in the authentically British Mrs. Malory." —Booklist
Main title:
Superfluous Death [electronic resource] / Hazel Holt
Author:
Holt, Hazel, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Epicenter Press, 2011
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:
9781603811415
Language:
English
BRN:
2794882
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