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Murder Comes to Call
Murder Comes to Call
Murder Comes to Call
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Murder Comes to Call

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The lean years following World War I can lead to desperate acts—even in the quiet English village of Walmsley Parva. When a series of burglaries seems to culminate in murder, brash American Beryl Helliwell and proper Brit Edwina Davenport are eager to solve the case . . .
 
World-renowned adventuress Beryl Helliwell cited for “reckless” motoring? Why, the very idea! Constable Gibbs just has it in for her. The solution? Charm the magistrate, of course. But days after Beryl's appearance before the bench, she and Edwina pay a visit to the magistrate only to find his home ransacked and the man himself lying dead at the bottom of a grand staircase.
 
Given the state of the house, his death appears to be connected to a rash of robberies in the village. Declan O’Shea, the handsome helper Beryl hired to assist their aged gardener Simpkins, falls under suspicion after having had his own run-in with the magistrate—but mostly, Beryl believes, because he’s Irish.
 
While unofficially looking into the magistrate's murder, the ladies are hired in their official capacity as private inquiry agents to find census reports that have gone missing. Is someone trying to hide something from the census takers—and could that theft have anything to do with the magistrate’s death? Beryl and Edwina are once again in fine form as they engage in a little reckless sleuthing to bring these assorted mysteries to a speedy conclusion. . . .

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Release dateOct 27, 2020
ISBN9781496724908
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Jessica Ellicott

Agatha award nominee Jessica Ellicott loves fountain pens, Mini Coopers and throwing parties. A member of Wicked Authors, Sisters in Crime and International Thriller Writers, she lives in northern New England with her dark and mysterious husband, exuberant children and a precocious poodle named Sam.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Beryl is in court because of a speeding ticket and meets and Irish immigrant who was arrested for drunkenness. She offers him a job as an assistant gardener so he can pay his fine. Beryl and Edwina head to the magistrate’s house and discover him dead. Meanwhile, they’ve been hired by the registrar to find stolen census forms. Because of prejudice against the Irish, Declan’s been arrested for house burglaries and the murder of the magistrate. A lot of questioning of the locals before our odd couple detectives solve the case.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    1921 Walmsley Parva. There have been a spate of burglaries in the village with the prime suspect according to Constable Doris Gibbs is the new Irish under-gardener Declan O'Shea of Edwina and Beryl. But then they come across the dead body of the magistrate in his ransacked house. When they are employed to investiage a theft they are pleased to get an official case whereby they then can unofficially investigate the death and the other burglaries. So they join forces with Constable Gibbs.
    A well-written enjoyable cozy historical mystery with a cast of interesting people. A good addition to the series.
    An ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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