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Cleaning lady and amateur sleuth Lois Meade has a personal stake in her latest investigation when her son Douglas becomes a prime suspect in the killings of a cantankerous elderly neighbor, Clem Fitch, and his noisy pet rooster.Tags
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It's a British, sort of family take on the whole "arm-chair non-professional detective", but a fun one.
Not a big fan of this one. Many of the characters were annoying including the main character.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Warning at One
- Original publication date
- 2008-11
- People/Characters
- Lois Meade; Derek Meade; Gran Weedon; Josie Meade; Douglas Meade; Jamie Meade (show all 13); Hunter Cowgill; Dot Nimmo; Susie (Clem Fitch's granddaughter); Matthew Vickers; Babs Blairgowrie; Alastair John Smith; Pat Warren
- Important places
- Long Farnden, England, UK (Imaginary place); Tresham, England, UK (Imaginary place)
- Dedication
- For Matthew, who gave me a good idea
- First words
- In the stuffy back bedroom of number four in a terrace of small red-brick Victorian houses, the old man, who had been born in that same room seventy-eight years ago, opened his eyes and saw a grey dawn over the roofs of Tresh... (show all)am, his hometown in the heart of England.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Yes," Lois said, and stood at the door watching until he was in his car and driving away.
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- Members
- 118
- Popularity
- 273,710
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.47)
- Languages
- English, Korean
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
- ASINs
- 3
