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"I should warn you that it is not a pretty story."
"Stories about murder rarely are."
Nobody knows who started the rumor that James McGrath murdered his wife Rosamund. Certainly, no one had seen her in a while, and she had gone off to visit a sick cousin without mentioning a trip to the neighbors. Still, everyone was inclined to accept the story, that is, until one of the neighbours meets the cousin in town, in excellent health and eager for news...
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'Not complaining, are you? Right up your street, I should have thought. Solving the odd murder between professional engagements is your forte.'
When the rare chance occurs for Tessa Crichton and her policeman husband, Robin, to have a three week holiday together it is with some misgivings that Tessa agrees to spend the time at a luxury hotel in the West Country.
Her misgivings are confirmed when she realises that Robin's insistence in going to Mattingly...
3) Dead on cue
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'Ever heard of the Alibi Club?,' Robin asked when he was driving me home after one of the most disastrous first nights in theatrical history.
When Tessa's Scotland Yard husband Robin is invited to speak at the renowned and respectable Alibi Club, she is excited to be surrounded by the members - all mystery writers of the first rank - although one is missing.
Crime novelist and playwright William Montgomerie has died, leaving behind a widow and a...
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'Going somewhere nice for lunch?' he enquired.
'No,' I said. 'As a matter of fact, I'm going straight back to the country. Something tells me there isn't a minute to lose.'
The scene of the crime is a large Victorian Rectory. An aged and famous opera singer dies; she has been ill for some time and initially her death would appear to be natural. But her will, signed on the day she died, causes both astonishment and considerable ill-feeling among her...
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'I don't give much for Baba's chances. Her days as an authoress must be numbered.'
It is well known that the celebrated playwright, Sheridan Seymour, had three children by his mistress. The copyright to his plays was left to his legitimate daughters, but over the years Baba, the youngest, has gained sole control.
Now Sheridan's work is enjoying a popular revival on the West End stage. Baba is rich and planning to write a biography of her father,...
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'How was she killed?'
'Strangled, I gather, with her own silk scarf.'
A murder involving a group of Americans on an English 'Mystery Tour' has actress Tessa Crichton investigating members of the group, including a young lady recently released from a psychiatric hospital who claims she is seeing ghosts.
When a woman is found strangled, Tessa is on the case, along with detective husband Robin. But, it will be Tessa's insight that helps Robin to solve...
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It was unlikely that many had actually prayed for the murder of Mr Waddington, and they did not light beacons on the Downs or rejoice openly when it came about, but most had probably uttered a silent word of thanks.
There is no shortage of murderous feelings among the eccentric country folk opposed to the development of a new 'model village'. But when a nosy estate agent and her friend peer into the windows of the country house at the centre of the...
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