Flowers for his Funeral (Mitchell & Markby 7) - A gripping English village whodunit of jealousy and murder (Paperback, New Ed)

Once again, CID Chief Inspector Alan Markby and Consular Service Agent Meredith Mitchell (A Fine Place for Death, 1995, etc.) join forces to solve a murder. The victim - slain (by lethal injection) at the Chelsea Flower Show - is Alex Constantine, ne Georges Wahid, a well-to-do importer from Cyprus, married to Markby's ex-wife Rachel. Rachel's home is Malefis Abbey, a baronial mansion in the village of Lynstone, and it's there that an investigation is started by Scotland Yard's mean-spirited Superintendent Hawkins. Meredith and Markby are also there, in response to Rachel's plea for their support - Meredith as houseguest; Markby staying at the fusty Lynstone House Hotel, garnering gossip on locals like Nevil, the wimpy son of hard-bitten Molly James, who runs a boarding kennel and who bitterly resents her son's infatuation with Rachel Constantine. There's gossip too about Miriam Troughton, the hotel owner's wife, an out-of-sync figure of continental chic who takes off for parts unknown whenever boredom strikes. Meanwhile, Meredith, enjoying the lavish gardens at Malefis, groomed to perfection by French gardener Martin, narrowly escapes injury from a stone ornament rigged to fall. More serious complications arise when young Gillian Hardy, Molly's kennel helper, is found stabbed to death in the aviary. The final unravelling of the over-the-top plotting behind it all defies both description and belief. The reader's sole consolation here is the author's warm and nimble way with the slow-paced English village scene and its not-so-sluggish characters. (Kirkus Reviews)

A face from the past has stoked many jealous fires... Meredith Mitchell and Chief Inspector Markby set out to find the killer with the poisoned thorn in Flowers for his Funeral, the seventh compelling mystery from Ann Granger's Mitchell & Markby series. This thrilling whodunit will enthral fans of LJ Ross, Agatha Christie and ITV's Midsomer Murders. 'To be savoured' - Publishers Weekly When Meredith Mitchell bumps into her old school friend Rachel Hunter at the Chelsea Flower Show, it doesn't take Meredith long to realise that she and the effortlessly self-confident blonde have even less in common now than they had as teenagers. Apart from one thing - Meredith's companion, Chief Inspector Markby. For to the embarrassment of all concerned, except of course the self-possessed Rachel, Meredith's old school friend turns out to have been Markby's former wife, from whom he was divorced years before in less than friendly circumstances. The meeting with Rachel is not the only surprise the Flower Show has in store for Markby - before the afternoon is out he has a death on his hands. All too quickly he and Meredith find themselves drawn into the plush, apparently well-run world Rachel and her second husband created for themselves in their Cotswold home, Malefis Abbey, a world which Markby becomes increasingly convinced harbours a highly skilled murderer ... What readers are saying about Flowers for his Funeral: 'What a twist in the tale! Completely unexpected' 'A typical whodunit book, but written in such a wonderful way, you can't put these books down' 'One of the best Mitchell & Markby books'

General

Imprint:	Headline Book Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1995
Authors:	Ann Granger
Dimensions:	180 x 112 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	343
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7472-4770-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7472-4770-6
Barcode:	9780747247708

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