Death in the Stars: A Kate Shackleton Mystery

ISBN-13: 9781250154798 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 400 str.

Frances Brody

Opis

A delightful traditional British cozy featuring private investigator and "refreshingly complex heroine" (Kirkus) Kate Shackleton, in the vein of MC Beaton. Frances Brody's ninth book in the Kate Shackleton cozy mystery series continues to capture the atmosphere and language of 1920s England with a new, intricate, and absorbing plot.Yorkshire, 1927. Eclipse fever grips the nation, and when beloved theatre star Selina Fellini approaches trusted sleuth Kate Shackleton to accompany her to a viewing party at Giggleswick School Chapel, Kate suspects an ulterior motive.During the eclipse, Selina's friend and co-star Billy Moffatt disappears and is later found dead in the chapel grounds. Kate can't help but dig deeper and soon learns that two other members of the theatre troupe died in similarly mysterious circumstances in the past year. With the help of Jim Sykes and Mrs Sugden, Kate sets about investigating the deaths - and whether there is a murderer in the company.When Selina's elusive husband Jarrod, injured in the war and subject to violent mood swings, comes back on the scene, Kate begins to imagine something far deadlier at play, and wonders just who will be next to pay the ultimate price for fame . . . .