Say it with Poison (Mitchell & Markby 1) - A classic English country crime novel of murder and blackmail (Paperback, New Ed)

A trimly competent first novel set in Westerfield, a sleepy Oxfordshire village where Foreign Service Consul Meredith Mitchell has come to attend the wedding of her godchild Sara, daughter of her much-married film-star cousin Eve Owens. Eve is her usual glamorous self, on the verge of signing with American producer Albie Elliot, who's also a house guest, and seemingly thrilled with Sara's up-tight yuppie fiance Jon Lazenby. But Meredith's discovery of a couple of gruesome packages left at the front door presages trouble - and it arrives when she finds the poisoned body of Phillip Lorrimer, the young potter who lives next door. Hints of blackmail surface, and there's another killing, as Chief Inspector Alan Markby works on the case - but its roots are in the past, and the ghost that haunts Meredith is finally exorcised with the solution. A neat plot with convincing psychological underpinning and a refreshingly tart, down-to-earth heroine augur well for future adventures of Meredith and Markby. (Kirkus Reviews)

Steering a path between police duties and family loyalty is not easy . . . Say it with Poison is the first classic English village crime novel in the Mitchell & Markby series by Ann Granger, combining a satisfyingly complex mystery with engaging characters and wit. The perfect read for fans of M.C. Beaton, Agatha Christie and ITV's Midsomer Murders. 'A gripping tale. . . . you'll soon be addicted' - Woman and Home When Meredith Mitchell agreed to stay with her actress cousin Eve in the run-up to Eve's daughter's wedding she anticipated a degree of drama. But she hardly expected it to include murder, blackmail and unrequited love. Or to involve a certain Chief Inspector Markby, a middle-aged divorcee with an emotional history as unfortunate as her own. A material witness to the only case of murder the Cotswold village of Westerfield has ever seen, Meredith also finds herself acting as mother-confessor to the bride-to-be, who is clearly not telling the whole truth about her involvement with the dead man. Steering a path between her duty to the police and loyalty to her cousin's family is not easy; even for someone with Meredith's considerable diplomatic skills. And especially as her personal enquiries into events in Westerfield start to disinter past affections Meredith would far rather leave buried - and to provoke new ones she's not at all sure she can cope with . . . What readers are saying about Say it with Poison: 'Thoroughly recommend to anyone looking for a good English whodunit or just a really good story to keep the reader intrigued and interested to the last page' 'Hooked from the first page' 'Brilliant in its conception, kept me thoroughly enthralled'

General

Imprint:	Headline Book Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1991
Authors:	Ann Granger
Dimensions:	178 x 111 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	281
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7472-3706-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General
LSN:	0-7472-3706-9
Barcode:	9780747237068

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