Janet Laurence

Deadly Inheritance (eBook, ePUB)

An Ursula Grandison Mystery 1

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

American Ursula Grandison accompanies Belle Seldon to visit her sister, Helen, Countess of Mountstanton, commissioned by their father, multi-millionaire Chauncey Seldon, to discover what is wrong with Helen's marriage and what has happened to her dowry. At decaying stately Mountstanton House, Ursula finds the Earl is a cold fish, the Dowager Countess of Mountstanton the mother-in-law from hell, and Helen has not forgiven her for stealing her great love. Ursula discovers the drowned body of Polly, the nursemaid, thought to have deserted the household. Neither the Earl's brother, Colonel Charles Stanhope, nor Ursula believes Polly's death wsa an accident. Investigating against the Earl's wishes, they uncover a tangle of deception reaching into the past that threatens the reputation of the house of Mountstanton. After another death, Ursula fights to reveal the truth, to save Belle from dreadful scandal, and to fulfil Mr Seldon's commission, with a final shocking denoument.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Mystery Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780752477336
• Artikelnr.: 38220005

Autorenporträt

Janet Laurence is the author of the Darina Lisle culinary crime novels, which include "Death at the Table." She is the former chairman of the Crime Writers' Association and was included in the "Times"' "100 Masters of Crime" in 1998.