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October 6, 2020
Win a copy of DEATH AT A COUNTRY MANSION!
Kirkus Review
The murder of a flamboyant singer brings a hairdresser closer to her dream job.
Daisy Thorne owns a popular beauty salon in the small English village of Edgemead, but her real love is crime, perhaps because she spent much of her childhood with her police detective grandfather and is currently taking courses in forensic psychology. Surprisingly, her best friend is wealthy socialite Floria Levante, whose much-married mother, Dame Serena, is a world-renowned opera singer and neglectful mother. When Dame Serena is found dead at their magnificent home shortly after Collin Harrison, her current husband, announces that he’s leaving her, there’s no dearth of suspects to choose from among former husbands and lovers. The detective in charge is attractive DI Paul McGuinness, whose chilly demeanor warms a bit when Daisy starts bringing him helpful tidbits of gossip she’s gleaned as a member of Floria’s social set. The theft of a valuable Modigliani adds more motives for murder. The real shocker comes after the solicitor mentions that Dame Serena planned to change her will. Floria has three illegitimate half sisters, all given away before she was born. She’s delighted to hear she has sisters even though their status as potential heirs of Serena’s fortune gives them all a reason to want her dead. Plenty of poking and prying plus inside information steer Daisy to a surprising conclusion.
A promising debut with scads of interesting characters, a spirited heroine, and a hint of romance.
Enter here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/313033-death-at-a-country-mansion
The murder of a flamboyant singer brings a hairdresser closer to her dream job.
Daisy Thorne owns a popular beauty salon in the small English village of Edgemead, but her real love is crime, perhaps because she spent much of her childhood with her police detective grandfather and is currently taking courses in forensic psychology. Surprisingly, her best friend is wealthy socialite Floria Levante, whose much-married mother, Dame Serena, is a world-renowned opera singer and neglectful mother. When Dame Serena is found dead at their magnificent home shortly after Collin Harrison, her current husband, announces that he’s leaving her, there’s no dearth of suspects to choose from among former husbands and lovers. The detective in charge is attractive DI Paul McGuinness, whose chilly demeanor warms a bit when Daisy starts bringing him helpful tidbits of gossip she’s gleaned as a member of Floria’s social set. The theft of a valuable Modigliani adds more motives for murder. The real shocker comes after the solicitor mentions that Dame Serena planned to change her will. Floria has three illegitimate half sisters, all given away before she was born. She’s delighted to hear she has sisters even though their status as potential heirs of Serena’s fortune gives them all a reason to want her dead. Plenty of poking and prying plus inside information steer Daisy to a surprising conclusion.
A promising debut with scads of interesting characters, a spirited heroine, and a hint of romance.
Enter here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/313033-death-at-a-country-mansion
Win a copy of DEATH AT A COUNTRY MANSION!
Win a copy of DEATH AT A COUNTRY MANSION!
Kirkus Review
The murder of a flamboyant singer brings a hairdresser closer to her dream job.
Daisy Thorne owns a popular beauty salon in the small English village of Edgemead, but her real love is crime, perhaps because she spent much of her childhood with her police detective grandfather and is currently taking courses in forensic psychology. Surprisingly, her best friend is wealthy socialite Floria Levante, whose much-married mother, Dame Serena, is a world-renowned opera singer and neglectful mother. When Dame Serena is found dead at their magnificent home shortly after Collin Harrison, her current husband, announces that he’s leaving her, there’s no dearth of suspects to choose from among former husbands and lovers. The detective in charge is attractive DI Paul McGuinness, whose chilly demeanor warms a bit when Daisy starts bringing him helpful tidbits of gossip she’s gleaned as a member of Floria’s social set. The theft of a valuable Modigliani adds more motives for murder. The real shocker comes after the solicitor mentions that Dame Serena planned to change her will. Floria has three illegitimate half sisters, all given away before she was born. She’s delighted to hear she has sisters even though their status as potential heirs of Serena’s fortune gives them all a reason to want her dead. Plenty of poking and prying plus inside information steer Daisy to a surprising conclusion.
A promising debut with scads of interesting characters, a spirited heroine, and a hint of romance.
Enter here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/313033-death-at-a-country-mansion
Kirkus Review
The murder of a flamboyant singer brings a hairdresser closer to her dream job.
Daisy Thorne owns a popular beauty salon in the small English village of Edgemead, but her real love is crime, perhaps because she spent much of her childhood with her police detective grandfather and is currently taking courses in forensic psychology. Surprisingly, her best friend is wealthy socialite Floria Levante, whose much-married mother, Dame Serena, is a world-renowned opera singer and neglectful mother. When Dame Serena is found dead at their magnificent home shortly after Collin Harrison, her current husband, announces that he’s leaving her, there’s no dearth of suspects to choose from among former husbands and lovers. The detective in charge is attractive DI Paul McGuinness, whose chilly demeanor warms a bit when Daisy starts bringing him helpful tidbits of gossip she’s gleaned as a member of Floria’s social set. The theft of a valuable Modigliani adds more motives for murder. The real shocker comes after the solicitor mentions that Dame Serena planned to change her will. Floria has three illegitimate half sisters, all given away before she was born. She’s delighted to hear she has sisters even though their status as potential heirs of Serena’s fortune gives them all a reason to want her dead. Plenty of poking and prying plus inside information steer Daisy to a surprising conclusion.
A promising debut with scads of interesting characters, a spirited heroine, and a hint of romance.
Enter here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/313033-death-at-a-country-mansion
