Murder at Mallowan Hall (eBook)

Colleen Cambridge (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
288 Seiten
Kensington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4967-3246-0 (ISBN)

Infos

A treat for fans of Masterpiece Mystery and Downton Abbey, Colleen Cambridge's charming and inventive new historical series introduces an unforgettable heroine in Phyllida Bright, fictional housekeeper for none other than famed mystery novelist Agatha Christie. Hijinksand murderensue. Tucked away among Devon's rolling green hills, Mallowan Hall combines the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930. Housekeeper Phyllida Bright manages the large household with an iron fist in her very elegant glove. In one respect, however, Mallowan Hall stands far apart from other picturesque country houses. For the manor is home to archaeologist Max Mallowan and his famous wifeAgatha Christie . . . Phyllida is both loyal to and protective of the crime writer, who is as much friend as employer. An aficionado of detective fiction, Phyllida has yet to find a gentleman in real life half as fascinating as Mrs. Agatha's Belgian hero, Hercule Poirot. But though accustomed to murder and its methods as frequent topics of conversation, Phyllida is unprepared for the sight of a very real, very dead body on the library floor . . . It soon becomes clear that the victim arrived at Mallowan Hall under false pretenses during a weekend party. And when another dead body is discoveredthis time, one of her housemaidsPhyllida decides to follow in M. Poirot's footsteps to determine which of the Mallowans' guests is the killer. Now only Phyllida's wits will prevent her own story from coming to an abrupt end . . .

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.10.2021
• Reihe/Serie: A Phyllida Bright Mystery
• Reihe/Serie: A Phyllida Bright Mystery
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 1930s • Agatha Christie • Alyssa Maxwell • amateur sleuth • andrea penrose • And Then There Were None • anna lee huber • body in the library • Clue game • Country House Mystery • Cozy Mystery • Crime Fiction • Detective Fiction • Downton Abbey • english country house • Hercule Poirot • : historical mystery • historical mystery • Housekeeper • housekeeper sleuth • istorical mystery • Jacqueline Winspear • Knives Out • literary mystery • Masterpiece Mystery • PDJames • pre-war England • Sherlock Holmes • traditional mystery • Whodunit
• ISBN-10: 1-4967-3246-4 / 1496732464
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4967-3246-0 / 9781496732460