Death of a cozy writer a St. Just mystery
Millionaire Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk torments his four spoiled children with threats of disinheritance. Gathering them all together for a family dinner, he announces his latest blow -- a secret elopement with the beautiful Violet... who was once suspected of murdering her husband. Within hours, eld...
| Main Author: | Malliet, G. M., 1951- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Woodbury, Minn. :
Midnight Ink,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: |
St. Just mystery ;
1. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Millionaire Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk torments his four spoiled children with threats of disinheritance. Gathering them all together for a family dinner, he announces his latest blow -- a secret elopement with the beautiful Violet... who was once suspected of murdering her husband. Within hours, eldest son and appointed heir Ruthven is found cleaved to death by a medieval mace. When Detective Chief Inspector St. Just is brought in to investigate, he meets with a deadly calm that goes beyond the usual English reserve. Using a little Cornish brusqueness and brawn, can St. Just nab the kill before another heir lands in the family burial plot? |
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| Physical Description: |
xii, 297 p. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780738712482 0738712485 |
| Author Notes: |
G. M. Malliet's first St. Just mystery won the 2008 Agatha Award for Best First Novel, and was chosen by Kirkus Reviews as a best book of the year. It was nominated for several awards, including the Anthony, the Macavity and a Lefty Award for best police procedural. Her series from Minotaur featuring a former MI5 Agent turned vicar of a small English village debuted in Autumn of 2011. Of the fourth book in the series, Cleveland.com raved: "[Malliet] may be the best mystery author writing in English at the moment (along with Tana French). She's certainly the most entertaining." She attended graduate school in Cambridge and Oxford; she and her husband travel frequently to the UK, the setting for her books. Weycombe is her first book of dark suspense. You can visit her at www.GMMalliet.com. |