A Pinch of Poison (eBook)

Alyssa Maxwell (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
304 Seiten
Kensington Books (Verlag)
978-1-61773-835-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A posh girls' school charity luncheon serves the headmistress her last meal in this historical mystery series set in post-WWI England. Lady Phoebe Renshawwith the tireless assistance of her maid Eva Huntfordhas organized a luncheon at her alma mater, the Haverleigh School for Young Ladies, to benefit wounded veterans of the Great War. She's even encouraging the students to help with the cooking and baking. But too many cooks do more than spoil the broththey add up to a recipe for disaster when the school's headmistress, Miss Finch, is poisoned. The girls at Haverleigh all come from highly respected families, none of whom will countenance their darling daughters being harassed like common criminals by the local police. So Lady Phoebe steps in to handle the wealthy young debutantes with tact and discretion, while Eva cozies up to the staff. Did one of the girls resent the headmistress enough to do her in? Did a teacher bear a grudge? What about the school nurse, clearly shell shocked from her service in the war? No one is above suspicion. But Lady Phoebe and Eva will have to sleuth with great stealthor the cornered killer may try to teach someone else a lethal lesson.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2017
• Reihe/Serie: A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery
• Reihe/Serie: A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 1920s England • Alternate History • amateur sleuth • books fiction • British • british mysteries • Cotswolds • cozy mysteries women sleuths series • crime books • Detective Novels • early 20th century England • English aristocracy • english lady • English mysteries • female sleuth • Fiction • fiction books • Genre • Historical • historical fiction • historical fiction books • historical fiction novels • historical mysteries • historical mystery • historical mystery fiction • historical novels • Interwar Period • lady sleuth • Murder Mystery • murder mystery books • Mysteries • mysteries and thrillers • Mystery • mystery and suspense • mystery and thrillers • mystery books • mystery fiction • mystery novel • mystery novels • Novels • poisoning • Police • post-ww1 england • pre-wwII • Private School • school scandal • series • womens fiction • women sleuths
• ISBN-10: 1-61773-835-2 / 1617738352
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61773-835-7 / 9781617738357