Description
A family reunion and medieval-style murder? Ever so inconvenient.
Cosily ensconced in his eighteenth-century Cambridgeshire manor, bestselling mystery writer Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk delights in tormenting his four grown children with threats of disinheritance. Then he announces his latest blow - he's engaged to Violet, a beautiful widow with a dubious past.
Money-driven panic soon sets in among the backstabbing brood when eldest son and appointed heir, Ruthven, turns up dead in the wine cellar. Who will win the inheritance sweepstakes? It's a house full of suspicion, greed, vengeful malice - and ample motives for murder. Can Detective Chief Inspector St. Just nab the killer before another heir lands in the family burial plot?
Praise for G.M. Malliet:
'Miss Marple would approve' Daily Mail
'A superb novel . . . a wonderful read' Louise Penny
The Agatha Award-winning St. Just Mystery series
About the Author
G M Malliet attended Oxford University and holds a graduate degree from the University of Cambridge. She now lives in the US.
Reviews
Fans of stylish English detective work will welcome Malliet's droll debut. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *
Wicked, witty and full of treats . . . More, please! -- Peter Lovesy
Book Information
ISBN 9781472117762
Author G. M. Malliet
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Constable
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 202g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 128mm * 19mm