Bibliograph

Death of a blue blood, a novel by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain

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Death of a blue blood, a novel by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Death of a blue blood

Oclc number

900180063

Responsibility statement

a novel by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain

Series statement

Murder, she wrote, 42

Summary

"Jessica Fletcher and her friend Scotland Yard detective inspector George Sutherland are invited to attend a New Year's Eve Ball at Castorbrook Castle, thanks to her British publisher. Shortly after arriving in the idyllic English countryside, Jessica discovers the body of a lady's maid in the garden. While their host, Lord Norrance, his snobbish third wife, other members of the household, and party guests squabble over the tragic death in tight-lipped, perfectly mannered, thoroughly British style, family relations are strained as old wounds are reopened and cutting remarks are freely handed out. And that's only during teatime! As midnight beckons at the ball the next night, the earl offers a toast, complete with fireworks. But the merriment crashes to a halt when he falls ill and dies, apparently poisoned--and the number of suspects with a grudge against the lord of the manor sprouts like English ivy. Now it's up to Jessica and George to find the killer--or killers--before another corpse welcomes in the New Year.... "-- Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

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Murder, she wrote : death of a blue blood

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