D. E. Ireland

Wouldn't It Be Deadly (The Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mysteries) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Curtain up on the re-release of the debut book of the mystery series starring Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins. Nominated for an Agatha Award as Best Historical Mystery of 2014. 'Wouldn't It Be Deadly' picks up where the classic musical 'My Fair Lady' and George Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion' left off. How loverly! In 1913 London, how well you speak the King's English determines your station in life. Professor Henry Higgins, the best phonetics teacher in Britain, has recently taught Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle how to speak - and behave - like a duchess. So he is enraged when Eliza becomes a teaching assistant to his rival, Emil Nepommuck. Even worse, Nepommuck is publicly taking credit for transforming Eliza into a lady. When the smug fellow is found with a dagger in his back, Scotland Yard views Higgins as the prime suspect. However, there are rumors that Nepommuck's pupils were being blackmailed by the man they called Maestro. To save the Professor from prison, Eliza and Higgins must discover which of the Maestro's enemies is the real killer. Things grow more complicated when Nepommuck's fiancée, an influential marchioness, demands that someone be arrested by the end of the week, even if it turns out to be Higgins, an innocent man. With time running out, Eliza and Higgins' investigation takes them from the flower stalls of Covent Garden to the stage of the Drury Lane Theatre. And when all the suspects attend a performance of 'Hamlet', the pair of amateur sleuths decide to go off script to find the murderer before the deadly final act.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Grainger Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780998180946
• Artikelnr.: 63566512

Autorenporträt

D.E. Ireland is the pseudonym of long time friends and award-winning authors, Meg Mims and Sharon Pisacreta. In 2013 they decided to collaborate on a unique series based on George Bernard Shaw's wonderfully witty play Pygmalion, which inspired the classic musical My Fair Lady. At work on Book Four of their Agatha nominated series, they also pursue separate writing careers.

Currently both of them write cozy mysteries for Kensington under their respective new pen names: Sharon Farrow and Meg Macy. Sharon's Berry Basket series debuted in October 2016, and Meg's Shamelessly Adorable Teddy Bear series will be released in May 2017. The two Michigan authors have patient husbands, brilliant daughters, and share a love of tea, books, and history.

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