A Speedy Death
If anything roused the rancour of guests at Chayning Court, it was that someone should be late for dinner. But the intrepid explorer Everard Mountjoy was dead in the bath. Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley takes it upon herself to investigate, unaware that she, along with all the other houseguests...
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If anything roused the rancour of guests at Chayning Court, it was that someone should be late for dinner. But the intrepid explorer Everard Mountjoy was dead in the bath. Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley takes it upon herself to investigate, unaware that she, along with all the other houseguests and staff, will be one of the suspects.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780754085478 (0754085473)
Publish date: July 1st 1999
Publisher: Chivers
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
I'm not sure what I think of this. It dragged a bit in the middle, mostly as the plot was so odd. So much was crammed in that by the time I got to the end, I barely remembered the beginning. It seems like another book entirely that started with a dead man – who was really a woman – in the guest ...
Alastair Bing’s guests gather around his dining table at Chaynings, a charming country manor. But one seat, belonging to the legendary explorer Everard Mountjoy, remains empty. I have been reading this series out of order and only now got around to reading the first book, Speedy Death. I am not con...
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