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Moriston House Mysteries #1
The French De Ception
The French De Ception By Jennifer A. Girardin.
Crime is merely a hedgerow away in the sleepy British village of Halfereton, pleasingly nestled among gently rolling hills, cozy Old World cottages, and the latest unsolved murder.
As England's most reluctant murder host, Hugo Anstead is even more unwilling to believe that the latest village murder was anything but accidental.
But ambitious journalist and voice of the village Marjorie Branell-Markson can't dismiss the accidental death of local resident Camilla Alden, whose death might not have been as accidental as it seemed. And when a suspicious railway timetable is found in her garden, she crosses her fingers indelicately, convinced that coincidences always lead to more crime. And she's right. Soon, another wide-eyed local becomes the focus of a string of crimes, and is attacked before she realizes the connection between her recent travels in France and Camilla Alden's death. But there's more than cafe and croissants on the menu as the village's Amateur Sleuth Society travels to France to uncover the secret of a mysteriously illuminated fifteenth-century religious monument...before there's another murder.
Pack your bags for The French De Ception...and don't forget your passport!
Crime is merely a hedgerow away in the sleepy British village of Halfereton, pleasingly nestled among gently rolling hills, cozy Old World cottages, and the latest unsolved murder.
As England's most reluctant murder host, Hugo Anstead is even more unwilling to believe that the latest village murder was anything but accidental.
But ambitious journalist and voice of the village Marjorie Branell-Markson can't dismiss the accidental death of local resident Camilla Alden, whose death might not have been as accidental as it seemed. And when a suspicious railway timetable is found in her garden, she crosses her fingers indelicately, convinced that coincidences always lead to more crime. And she's right. Soon, another wide-eyed local becomes the focus of a string of crimes, and is attacked before she realizes the connection between her recent travels in France and Camilla Alden's death. But there's more than cafe and croissants on the menu as the village's Amateur Sleuth Society travels to France to uncover the secret of a mysteriously illuminated fifteenth-century religious monument...before there's another murder.
Pack your bags for The French De Ception...and don't forget your passport!
- GenresMystery
230 pages, Paperback
First published July 22, 2013
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About the author
Jennifer A. Girardin
16 books123 followersJennifer A. Girardin
Is the author of the Moriston House British Mystery Series, including The French De Ception, The Uncertainty Principle, The Altered Suggestion, The Monday Criminologist, Conversational Lies, Murder Most English, Tea Before Crime, Connoisseurs of Crime, Afternoon in September, Town and Country Crimes, Tea for Two, Dinner at Eight, and Lady Daphne's Dilemma.
Coming soon: Fashionably Late.
Set in the quiet English village of Halfereton, the Moriston House British Mystery Series features Lord Hugo Anstead and teatime sleuth Jane Holden.
For more news & clues, visit Moriston House British Mystery Books:
https://moristonhouse.wixsite.com/my-...
Moriston House Books...classic teatime crimes.
Is the author of the Moriston House British Mystery Series, including The French De Ception, The Uncertainty Principle, The Altered Suggestion, The Monday Criminologist, Conversational Lies, Murder Most English, Tea Before Crime, Connoisseurs of Crime, Afternoon in September, Town and Country Crimes, Tea for Two, Dinner at Eight, and Lady Daphne's Dilemma.
Coming soon: Fashionably Late.
Set in the quiet English village of Halfereton, the Moriston House British Mystery Series features Lord Hugo Anstead and teatime sleuth Jane Holden.
For more news & clues, visit Moriston House British Mystery Books:
https://moristonhouse.wixsite.com/my-...
Moriston House Books...classic teatime crimes.
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March 28, 2016
My two years a French class really paid off on this book. Which was fine for me but for some who may not have a had a French lesson some of dialog can be difficult since it is in French. It was a great mystery, well written and enjoyable. I got a very Downton Abbey feel while reading this book and I loved that since well I love the show :) I would recommend to anyone who enjoys mystery and grace in a more civilized time.
December 23, 2015
This book is charmingly written. I’m not very familiar with the influences (millennial that I am) but it had a really cool old school vibe of a better time of gentry – is that right word?
It’s a good old murder mystery and quite a bit of fun. The characters were dignified and I found the book pretty funny at times. It’s short read with a lot of plot twists thrown in. Recommended!
It’s a good old murder mystery and quite a bit of fun. The characters were dignified and I found the book pretty funny at times. It’s short read with a lot of plot twists thrown in. Recommended!
June 8, 2016
Needs a major edit.
July 2, 2018
I enjoyed the whole English village mystery set around an estate. Where there are mysterious goings including a mystery of a murder an attack on another person in village. We then go to France where the rest of the mystery unfolds. Great offbeat characters.
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