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Melissa Craig, the crime-novelist heroine of three previous novels, is back in her native Cotswolds, on the trail of a world-wide art fraud. By the author of A Little Gentle Sleuthing, Finishing Touch and Over the Edge.Tags
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crime, greed, law-enforcement, cosy-mystery, theft, dogs
The mystery writer, the bossy tycoon with a henchman and two adorable guard dogs and two women strongly interested in him, a chance to write a simple mystery play and watch it performed at a local posh historic hotel, and what seems to be an accidental death of a man who turns out to be more than he seemed. That's the beginning, but there is a whole lot more and the reader gets to come across clues along with the mystery writer much to the disgruntlement of her friends and the local CID man. It was great fun trying to figure out who was up to no good when evidence was sorely lacking and to follow the twists and red herrings! Loved it!
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The mystery writer, the bossy tycoon with a henchman and two adorable guard dogs and two women strongly interested in him, a chance to write a simple mystery play and watch it performed at a local posh historic hotel, and what seems to be an accidental death of a man who turns out to be more than he seemed. That's the beginning, but there is a whole lot more and the reader gets to come across clues along with the mystery writer much to the disgruntlement of her friends and the local CID man. It was great fun trying to figure out who was up to no good when evidence was sorely lacking and to follow the twists and red herrings! Loved it!
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Betty Rowlands was a mystery writer, born in 1923. She began writing when she was in her mid-sixties. In 1988, she won the Sunday Express/Veuve Clicquot Crime Short Story of the Year. That was the beginning of her writing career. She continued on, writing over twenty-five books. Her series included the Melissa Craig mysteries and the Sukey show more Reynolds mysteries. She was an active member of the Crime Writer's Association. She became known as "the queen of cozy crime." On July 29, 2020, she died at the age of 96. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Exhaustive Enquiries
- Alternate titles
- Murder at the Manor Hotel
- Original publication date
- 1994
- First words
- About the middle of August, Melissa Craig had a telephone call from Joe Martin.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I'll take a rain check on the coffee."
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