Death of an Old Girl

A classic cosy mystery from a master of the genre! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, M C Beaton, Sophie Hannah and Faith Martin. How do you solve a village murder when everyone is under suspicion...? 1966, Rural England Shockwaves are sent through the sleepy village of Trill when a woman's body is discovered in a local school. Beatrice Baynes - interfering, overbearing and spiteful - was not well liked. But no one expects a body to be found on their doorstep... And how did the annual festival at Meldon School turn from a light-hearted celebration to a gruesome crime scene? With the local constabulary completely stumped, Scotland Yard's Chief Detective Inspector Pollard and Detective Sergeant Toye are called in to investigate. But the further Pollard & Toye delve into their inquiries, the more complicated the case becomes... Death of an Old Girl is the first cosy village mystery in the Pollard & Toye crime series: an intriguing police procedural set in rural England. 'This is a real genuine police-detective story, and a first-class one at that ... altogether I would call this a hundred-per-cent winner' - Guardian 'In the best Agatha Christie tradition' - Argosy 'The characters ... are expertly developed. Lemarchand builds her tale to a satisfying conclusion' - ALA Booklist 'An engrossing British murder mystery' - Drood Review 'an entertaining nod to the Golden Age' - In Reference To Murder Blog 'An excellent example of the classic British mystery' - Romantic Times 'a charming little book' - Noah's Archives Blog 'an excellent mystery'- My Reader's Block Blog 'a nice comfy, intellectual mystery' - AQ's Reviews THE POLLARD & TOYE INVESTIGATIONS SERIESBook One: Death of an Old GirlBook Two: The Affacombe AffairBook Three: Alibi for a CorpseBook Four: Death on DoomsdayBook Five: Cyanide With ComplimentsBook Six: No Vacation From MurderBook Seven: Buried in the PastBook Eight: Step in the DarkBook Nine: Unhappy ReturnsBook Ten: Suddenly While GardeningBook Eleven: Change for the WorseBook Twelve: Nothing to Do with the CaseBook Thirteen: Troubled WatersBook Fourteen: The Wheel TurnsBook Fifteen: Light Through GlassBook Sixteen: Who Goes Home?Book Seventeen: The Glade Manor Murder

• | Author: Elizabeth Lemarchand
• | Publisher: Sapere Books
• | Publication Date: Sep 03, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 282 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1912546736
• | ISBN-13: 9781912546732