Snobbery With Violence
Chesney, Marion
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BOOK SUMMARY
Lady Rose Summer's debut into high society is a complete disaster. Rose's father suspects her fiancé Sir Geoffrey Blandon to be nothing more than a first-degree blackguard and calls on Captain Harry Cathcart, the impoverished younger son of a baron, to
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Lady Rose Summer's debut into high society is a complete disaster. Rose's father suspects her fiancé Sir Geoffrey Blandon to be nothing more than a first-degree blackguard and calls on Captain Harry Cathcart, the impoverished younger son of a baron, to investigate. After Harry brings forth evidence of Blandon's dishonorable intentions, a scandalous public breakup follows. To redeem her name, Rose attends the last-chance soirée at Telby Castle for aristocratic women with dubious matrimonial prospects. But when a malicious guest is found dead under strange circumstances, Rose becomes far more intrigued with discovering the truth than with landing a suitor. From Telby Castle's whisper-filled corridors to country lanes with secrets at every turn, Harry and Rose must unravel a web of lies, rumors, and perilous plots as a clever murderer sets out to make Rose's disastrous season her last.
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The Fashion In Shrouds
Lady Rose Summer's debut into high society is a complete disaster. Rose's father suspects her fiancé Sir Geoffrey Blandon to be nothing more than a first-degree blackguard and calls on Captain Harry Cathcart, the impoverished younger son of a baron, to investigate. After Harry brings forth evidence of Blandon's dishonorable intentions, a scandalous public breakup follows. To redeem her name, Rose attends the last-chance soirée at Telby Castle for aristocratic women with dubious matrimonial prospects. But when a malicious guest is found dead under strange circumstances, Rose becomes far more intrigued with discovering the truth than with landing a suitor. From Telby Castle's whisper-filled corridors to country lanes with secrets at every turn, Harry and Rose must unravel a web of lies, rumors, and perilous plots as a clever murderer sets out to make Rose's disastrous season her last.
"Chesney maintains her charm and sassiness." -Kirkus Reviews
AUTHOR BIO
Marion Chesney, the widely acclaimed author of historical romances, also writes the popular Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series under the name M.C. Beaton. Born in Scotland, she currently divides her time between the English Cotswolds and Paris.
BOOK REVIEWS
"Fans of the author's Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin mysteries, written under the name M. C. Beaton, will welcome this new series of historical whodunits."-Booklist
"Old hand Chesney maintains her charm and sassiness while indicting evergreen pomposity and class-status stupidity."-Kirkus Reviews
"Combines history, romance, and intrigue resulting in a delightful romantic mystery...the who-done-it is well developed and captures reader interest from the outset."
--Midwest Book Review
"Tourists are advised to watch their backs in the bucolic villages where M.C. Beaton sets her sly British mysteries...outsiders always spell trouble for the inbred societies Beaton observes with such cynical humor."--The New York Times Book Review
"[Beaton's] imperfect heroine is an absolute gem!"--Publishers Weekly
"Beaton's Agatha Raisin series just about defines the British cozy."--Booklist
"Anyone interested in...intelligent, amusing reading will want to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Agatha Raisin."-Atlanta Journal Constitution
"Beaton has a winner in the irrepressible, romance-hungry Agatha."--Chicago Sun-Times
"Few things in life are more satisfying than to discover a brand new Agatha Raisin mystery."
--Tampa Tribune Times
"The Raisin series brings the cozy tradition back to life. God bless the Queen!"--Tulsa World
"The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshingly sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likable heroine...a must for cozy fans."-Booklist
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0312997167
ISBN(13-digit): 9780312997168
Copyright: 2004
Dewey Decimal: 823/.914
Library of Congress: bl2005017920
Book Publisher: St Martins Pr
Language: ENG
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