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Hasty Death: An Edwardian Murder Mystery

Hasty Death: An Edwardian Murder Mystery
By Marion Chesney

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Lady Rose Summer refuses to abide by her parents' insistence that she marry. Even more distressing, she wants to become self-supporting by moving out with her maid Daisy and going to work in trade. On advice from Captain Harry Cathcart-a noble-born private investigator who knows the independent-minded Rose all too well-the Earl and Countess of Hadshire agree to let Rose work as a typist and live in a women's hostel. It isn't long before Rose realizes that life as a working woman isn't quite what she imagined...or before she inadvertently discovers that recently-murdered playboy Freddy Pomfret was a blackmailer. In order to investigate properly, Rose must now return to London high society's glittering, treacherous rounds. And from elegant London townhouses that conceal ugly secrets to a tranquil country estate where danger lurks along every path, she and Harry will follow a trail of deception, rumors, and devious plots-even as a singularly calculating killer prepares to end the rebellious Lady Rose's sleuthing for good.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #162516 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-04-05
  • Released on: 2005-03-31
  • Original language: English
  • Dimensions: .74" h x 4.22" w x 6.78" l, .27 pounds
  • Binding: Mass Market Paperback
  • 256 pages

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Lady Rose Summer, the willful, spoiled and charming heroine of British veteran Chesney's light historical series that began with 2003's Snobbery with Violence, decides to break the class barriers and go out into the working world with her maid Daisy. Their adventures include a kidnapping, narrow escapes, a daring rescue and of course murder. After returning to the comforts of her London home, Lady Rose turns to dashing Captain Harry Cathcart, a Boer War veteran turned detective, for aid in solving the murder. Once again Chesney has concocted an amusing brew of mystery and romance that will keep her fans turning the pages.
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From AudioFile
Lady Rose is bored with her life of privilege and decides to join the working class. She and her maid, Daisy, work as bank typists and live in a dreary hostel for women. Narrator Davina Porter gives each of Chesney's characters his or her own snobbish or down-to-earth personality. Her delivery of background material possesses all the emotion, indignity, or delight warranted. Soon Rose is on the trail of a murderer, an adventure that returns her to high society. En route, she and Daisy encounter fanatical vegetarians and other eccentrics. Chesney, who is also M.C. Beaton, creator of Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth, brings humorous intrigue and a mocking class-consciousness to this engaging Edwardian mystery. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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