Dying in the Wool

Dying in the Wool PDF Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312622392
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
When the untimely disappearance of Master of the Mill Joshua Braithwaite disrupts the peaceful town of Bridgestead, Kate Shackleton is tapped to discover the missing man's fate, only to stumble on dangerous secrets.

Dying in the Wool

Dying in the Wool PDF Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429950951
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 391

Book Description
"Reminiscent of Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie with a thoroughly likeable protagonist and a plot that held me to the end." —Mignon F. Ballard, author of the Miss Dimple Kilpatrick Mystery Series "[Dying in the Wool] introduces a refreshingly complex heroine and adds a fine feeling for the postwar period." —Kirkus Reviews Take one quiet Yorkshire village Bridgestead is a peaceful spot: a babbling brook, rolling hills and a working mill at its heart. Pretty and remote, nothing exceptional happens... Add a measure of mystery Until the day that Master of the Mill Joshua Braithwaite goes missing in dramatic circumstances, never to be heard of again. A sprinkling of scandal Now Joshua's daughter is getting married and wants one last attempt at finding her father. Has he run off with his mistress, or was he murdered for his mounting coffers? And Kate Shackleton—amateur sleuth extraordinaire! Kate Shackleton has always loved solving puzzles. So who better to get to the bottom of Joshua's mysterious disappearance? But as Kate taps into the lives of the Bridgestead dwellers, she opens cracks that some would kill to keep closed...

Died in the Wool

Died in the Wool PDF Author: Ngaio Marsh
Publisher: Felony & Mayhem Press
ISBN: 1937384470
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
The inspector digs into a cold case on a New Zealand sheep farm in this “well-sustained crime story” from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master (Kirkus Reviews). Flossie Rubrick, a highly opinionated and influential member of the New Zealand Parliament, was last seen heading off to one of the storage sheds on her sheep farm. Three weeks later, she turned up dead and packed in a bale of her own wool. What happened on the night of her long-ago disappearance? In the country on counterespionage duty, Inspector Roderick Alleyn is happy to lend a hand. “The doyenne of traditional mystery writers.” —The New York Times

A Woman Unknown

A Woman Unknown PDF Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250037042
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383

Book Description
Originally published: Great Britain: Piatkus, 2012.

Death of an Avid Reader

Death of an Avid Reader PDF Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466875704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
An intricate plot set in the 1920s English countryside and Frances Brody's "refreshingly complex heroine" (Kirkus) Kate Shackleton make Death of an Avid Reader an absorbing 6th installment in this mystery, perfect for fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Agatha Christie. The Search for a Daughter Lady Coulton gave up the baby that would have ruined her marriage, born when Lord Coulton was abroad. Now that her husband is dying, she asks Kate to find Sophia. A Haunted Library It is forty years since the ghost of a dead librarian haunted the old library, yet the stories have begun again. Kate does not believe in ghosts but obligingly takes part in a ceremony to expel the restless spirit. Shockingly, there is a body in the basement, strangled, and covered in dusty volumes from a fallen bookcase. It is Dr. Potter, a mathematician. A Killer on the Loose Dr. Potter’s body is taken away. The police find a sick man sheltering in the basement. He is an Italian, Umberto, an organ grinder and owner of a lively Capuchin monkey. Umberto becomes the prime suspect and will be charged with murder. Kate goes with Umberto to the infirmary. But he is too weak to be a suspect. And now Kate must set out to find the real culprit...

A Medal for Murder

A Medal for Murder PDF Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312622406
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434

Book Description
Kate Shackleton investigates a pawn-shop robbery that brings her into the wealthy neighborhoods of 1920s Harrogate, where a night at the theater is shattered by a brutal murder and the kidnapping of a leading lady.

Death in the Stars

Death in the Stars PDF Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250154790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 399

Book Description
Suspecting the true nature of a theater actress' invitation to a viewing party at a school chapel during an eclipse in 1927 Yorkshire, Kate Shackleton investigates the suspicious death of one of the actress' co-stars, the third to have died recently under mysterious circumstances. --Publisher.

Murder in the Afternoon

Murder in the Afternoon PDF Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 9781250063328
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An intricate plot in the post-WWI English countryside and Frances Brody's "refreshingly complex heroine" (Kirkus) combine in Murder in the Afternoon, an absorbing mystery. Dead one minute... Young Harriet and her brother Austin have always been scared of the quarry where their stone mason father works. So when they find him dead on the cold ground, they rush off quickly to look for some help. Alive the next? When help arrives, however, the quarry is deserted and there is no sign of the body. Were the children mistaken? Is their father not dead? Did he simply get up and run away? A sinister disappearing act It seems like another unusual case requiring the expertise of Kate Shackleton--and Mary Jane, the children's mother, is adamant that only she can help. But Mary Jane is hiding something--a secret from Kate's past that raises the stakes and puts both Kate and her family at risk.

Death at the Seaside

Death at the Seaside PDF Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250098858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402

Book Description
Originally published: Great Britain: Piatkus, 2016.

Murder on a Summer's Day

Murder on a Summer's Day PDF Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466875712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418

Book Description
A Maharajah on the Moors When the India Office seeks help in finding Maharajah Narayan, they call upon the expertise of renowned amateur detective Kate Shackleton to investigate. A Priceless Jewel But soon a missing persons case turns into murder. Shot through the heart, Narayan's body has obviously not been in the woods overnight. Who brought it here, and from where? And what happened to the hugely valuable diamond that was in the Maharajah's possession? An Inexplicable Murder . . . Kate soon discovers that vengeance takes many forms. Was the Maharajah's sacrilegious act of shooting a white doe to blame? Or are growing rumors of a political motive too powerful for Kate to discount? Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton returns in Murder on a Summer's Day with another mystery that's sure to "hold the reader attention and make them continue reading into the small hours of the night" (York Press, UK).
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