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Mrs. Pargeter's point of honour

A widow after an art thief sets out to discreetly return paintings stolen by her husband to their owners. But when Mrs. Pargeter arrives to pick them up, she finds someone beat her to it and she has to turn sleuth to recover them.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brett, Simon
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scribner, 1999.
Edition:	1st Scribner ed.
Series:	Brett, Simon. Mrs Pargeter mystery ; 6.
Subjects:	Pargeter, Mrs. (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Women detectives > England > Fiction. Art thefts > Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction.
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Summary:	A widow after an art thief sets out to discreetly return paintings stolen by her husband to their owners. But when Mrs. Pargeter arrives to pick them up, she finds someone beat her to it and she has to turn sleuth to recover them.
Physical Description:	265 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN:	9780684862958 0684862956
Author Notes:	Simon Brett was born in Worcester Park, Surrey on October 28, 1945. He attended Dulwich College and then Wadham College, Oxford, where he studied English. Between 1967 and 1977, he was a producer with BBC Radio. He also spent a couple of years working for Thames Television. In 1975, he published his first 'Charles Paris' novel. By 1979, Brett had become a full-time writer. He has written and edited children's books, humorous novels and several anthologies. In 1986, he introduced another sleuth: Mrs Pargeter. As well as the Charles Paris and Mrs. Pargeter detective series, he is also the author of the radio and television series After Henry, the radio series No Commitments and the bestselling How to be a Little Sod . His novel A Shock to the System was filmed starring Michael Caine. (Bowker Author Biography)