Murder Flies the Coop
Sep 2018 · A Beryl and Edwina Mystery Book 2 · Kensington Books
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A sleuthing team pursues purloined pigeons—and finds a dead body—in this “captivating” mystery set in a 1920s English village (Publishers Weekly).
One would hardly call them birds of a feather, but thrill-seeking American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and quietly reserved Brit Edwina Davenport do one thing very well together—solve murders . . .
Sharing lodging in the sleepy English village of Walmsley Parva has eased some of the financial strain on the two old school chums, but money is still tight in these lean years following the Great War. So when the local vicar—and pigeon-racing club president—approaches them with a private inquiry opportunity, the ladies eagerly accept. There's been a spot of bother: the treasurer has absconded with the club’s funds and several prized birds.
Beryl and Edwina hope to flush out the missing man by checking his boardinghouse and place of employment at the coal mine. But when they visit the man's loft, they find their elusive quarry lying in white feathers and a pool of crimson blood—the only witnesses cooing mournfully. Beryl and Edwina aren’t shy about ruffling a few feathers as they home in on their suspects, but they had better find the killer fast, before their sleuthing career is cut short . . .
Praise for Murder in an English Village
"With its strong sense of place and time in post-World War I England, this will be welcomed by fans of Frances Brody’s Kate Shackleton mysteries."—Library Journal (starred review)
“A spectacular series launch.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
One would hardly call them birds of a feather, but thrill-seeking American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and quietly reserved Brit Edwina Davenport do one thing very well together—solve murders . . .
Sharing lodging in the sleepy English village of Walmsley Parva has eased some of the financial strain on the two old school chums, but money is still tight in these lean years following the Great War. So when the local vicar—and pigeon-racing club president—approaches them with a private inquiry opportunity, the ladies eagerly accept. There's been a spot of bother: the treasurer has absconded with the club’s funds and several prized birds.
Beryl and Edwina hope to flush out the missing man by checking his boardinghouse and place of employment at the coal mine. But when they visit the man's loft, they find their elusive quarry lying in white feathers and a pool of crimson blood—the only witnesses cooing mournfully. Beryl and Edwina aren’t shy about ruffling a few feathers as they home in on their suspects, but they had better find the killer fast, before their sleuthing career is cut short . . .
Praise for Murder in an English Village
"With its strong sense of place and time in post-World War I England, this will be welcomed by fans of Frances Brody’s Kate Shackleton mysteries."—Library Journal (starred review)
“A spectacular series launch.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Janice Tangen
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April 17, 2022
England, expats, friendship, cosy-mystery, murder, murder-investigation, private-investigators, 1920s, witty, situational-humor, law-enforcement, mining, pigeons, gardening, small-town, historical-novel, historical-places-events, historical-research, history-and-culture, class-consciousness, theft, sabotage, labor-agitators***** Beryl is an adventurous American adventurer who finds herself bored with life and wealthy from alimony payments from several ex-husbands, moves in with her old school friend Edwina in a village in Kent. First, the vicar retains them to find a missing man who was accountant at the local (awful) mine as well as treasurer of the local pigeon racing group. While checking out the pigeons Beryl looks under the coop and there is the body of the missing man. Next, the wife of owner of the mine wants them to look into the murder, but mostly wants them to find her jewelry on the man's body which he was holding in anticipation of their escape from her odious husband. And on they go, learning more than they knew about the conditions of mine workers and about others in the village as well. Loved it (and them)! Barbara Rosenblat gives her usual delightful interpretive narration!
About the author
Jessica Ellicott is the author of Murder in an English Village, the first book in the Beryl & Edwina Mystery series. She loves fountain pens, Mini Coopers, and throwing parties. She lives in northern New England where she obsessively knits wool socks and enthusiastically speaks Portuguese with a shocking disregard for the rules of grammar.
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