The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy
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Review
This delectable tale is set in the 1930s when the clouds of war darkened the European and British landscapes. Imagine a place called Alderley, a magnificent English mansion in the West Country....[it] possesses everything a mystery location needs, including a secret passage. Naturally, there must be a weekend house party with an interesting mix of suspects...oops, I mean guests...we've got various thefts, blackmail, conspiracy and corruption, assault, multiple murders--and an ingenious murder plot. And you will never guess who "dunnit. Written with sly humor and a deft hand...a great good read.
-Margaret Parenti, I Love a Mystery
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Book Description
The 1930s country house party packed with crooks, cops, and the usual suspects frame the perfect scene of the crime. This one assembles all the right ingredients--the theft of the fabled diamond necklace, the purloined antique pistols, the secret passage, the ravishing baroness with a past, the body in the lake.... What a pretty puzzle! "Don't expect me to solve anything," Inspector Wilkens announces. But of course, he does: theft, espionage, impersonations (triple, at the very least), blackmail, murder.
The suspects include a noble host and hostess, a jewel thief and foreign agents in disguise, bright young things, mysterious mature men, a Texas millionaire, and, of course, the butler.
Crime connoisseurs will recognize the ingredients for a zany pastiche, a delightful romp paying tribute to the past while titillating the present.
And what does the blood-stained egg cosy have to do with anything?
The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy
Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy, The,James Anderson,Poisoned Pen Press,1590580974,Fiction,Fiction - Mystery/ Detective,Mystery & Detective - Traditional British,Mystery/Suspense,Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British
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