A two-story killer. Train enthusiast Francis Humphreys took his last breath while relatives and neighbors visited downstairs. But if everyone was downstairs, who could have stolen into Uncle Francis's study, killed him, and escaped? Mrs. Jeffries will have to lend her downstairs common sense to this upstairs murder mystery.
A two-story killer. Train enthusiast Francis Humphreys took his last breath while relatives and neighbors visited downstairs. But if every...
Upper Edmonton Gardens looks forward to a jolly Christmas, until one humbug sings of murder, in this 26th Mrs. Jeffries mystery. Murder most English all the way!--"The Literary Times."
Upper Edmonton Gardens looks forward to a jolly Christmas, until one humbug sings of murder, in this 26th Mrs. Jeffries mystery. Murder most English a...
Arlette Montrose Banfield angered many marriageable women when she snagged the handsome Lewis Banfield--but were they angry enough to poison her? Mrs. Jeffries doesn't mind getting her hands dirty to uncover the greed behind her murder. Original.
Arlette Montrose Banfield angered many marriageable women when she snagged the handsome Lewis Banfield--but were they angry enough to poison her? Mrs....
Moments after a high tea is interrupted by a fire in the servants' hall, art collector Daniel McCourt is found sprawled on the floor of his study under a bundle of mistletoe, his throat slit by the bloody sword lying next to his body. Could the killer be a disgruntled lover, sending a message by murdering McCourt under the mistletoe? Could it be one of his fellow collectors, pointedly using one of McCourt's own acquisitions to kill him?
Inspector Witherspoon is determined to solve the case--preferably before Christmas Eve--but of course he will need...
KISS OF DEATH
Moments after a high tea is interrupted by a fire in the servants' hall, art collector Daniel McCourt is found sprawled ...
NOW IN ONE VOLUME THREE VICTORIAN MYSTERIES FEATURING MRS. JEFFRIES A DETECTIVE IN THE HOUSE
Everyone s awed by Inspector Witherspoon s Scotland Yard successes, but they don t know about his secret weapon. Her name is Mrs. Jeffries, and she keeps house for the Inspector and keeps him on his toes. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, her polished detection skills are up to the task. Because as she knows all too well, a crimesolver s work is never done Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook When a dead body turns up, Mrs. Jeffries winds up doing...
NOW IN ONE VOLUME THREE VICTORIAN MYSTERIES FEATURING MRS. JEFFRIES A DETECTIVE IN THE HOUSE
If you like Downton Abbey, you'll love Mrs. Jeffries IN THE WEEDS
Beautiful and new in town, Ellen Langston-Jones doesn't have any enemies. So, when she's found dead in the communal gardens, Inspector Witherspoon quickly narrows the field of suspects down to one: Lucius Montague, who was seen threatening Mrs. Langston-Jones shortly before her death.
The Inspector and all of London are positive that he's the killer, but Mrs. Jeffries has doubts. Her biggest problem is that Lucius Montague is a very disagreeable character and no one--including...
If you like Downton Abbey, you'll love Mrs. Jeffries IN THE WEEDS
Beautiful and new in town, Ellen Langston-Jones d...
If you like Downton Abbey, you'll love Mrs. Jeffries NOW IN ONE VOLUME THREE VICTORIAN MYSTERIES FEATURING MRS. JEFFRIES Everyone s awed by Inspector Witherspoon s Scotland Yard successes, but they don t know about his secret weapon. Her name is Mrs. Jeffries, and she keeps house for the Inspector and keeps him on his toes. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, her polished detection skills are up to the task. Because as she knows all too well, a crimesolver s work is never done Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Stage After a theatre critic is...
If you like Downton Abbey, you'll love Mrs. Jeffries NOW IN ONE VOLUME THREE VICTORIAN MYSTERIES FEATURING MRS. JEFFRIES Everyo...
OLD SINS CAST LONG SHADOWS Normally dead bodies in a graveyard are buried--but not this one. When a woman is found strangled in a North London cemetery with an old newspaper clipping clutched in her hand, Inspector Witherspoon is surprised to find that he and the victim have crossed paths before. Alice Robinson was a respectable widow who ran a quiet Islington lodging house. None of her lodgers have any apparent motive to murder their landlady. But nagging suspicions are lodging in the Inspector's mind--only he knows that "Alice Robinson" is not her real name. Now he'll...
OLD SINS CAST LONG SHADOWS Normally dead bodies in a graveyard are buried--but not this one. When a woman is found strangled in a North Lon...
THE BUSINESS OF DEATH Orlando Edison is a stockbroker using London s infatuation with foreign mining ventures to make a fortune. He has curried favor with the nation s most respected aristocrats, even inviting three influential investors known as the Merry Gentlemen to be part of his latest enterprise. Edison is welcomed in the highest circles and moves with ease among the rich and powerful. But a few days before Christmas, he is found murdered. Inspector Witherspoon and his household are looking forward to the festive season. But they all know their duty, and led by the...
THE BUSINESS OF DEATH Orlando Edison is a stockbroker using London s infatuation with foreign mining ventures to make a fortune. He has cu...