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
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| 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
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| LSN: |
0-7472-3706-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780747237068 |
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