Broken Star (Elizabeth Blair Mysteries) [Paperback]

Lizbie Brown (Author)

Book Description

Series: Elizabeth Blair Mysteries | Publication Date: February 18, 1999

Elizabeth Blair, a recently widowed American, leaves Virginia for a quiet life running a quilt shop in Bath. A quiet life is far from what she gets. Unofficially teaming up with Max Shepard, the charming young PI whose office is above her shop, she soon becomes embroiled in all the village scandal in the parish of St Swithin's. The allegations of embezzlement are swiftly followed by a murder - and it doesn't Elizabeth long to find out that almost anyone could be a suspect...

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this sprightly mystery debut, set in an English village, tension between the impoverished gentry and the newly rich leads to murder. Actor, TV personality and parvenu Larry Aitken, who has recently bought the Manor House in the fictional South Harptree, near Bath, believes the right to run things--including the local church--is part of his purchase. The fatal poisoning of Aitken's chief local detractor during a church-related meeting in the Manor brings deep hostility into the open. Targeted by a hate-mail campaign, Aitken hires young Bath private investigator Max Shepard to find out who is responsible. With the help of American widow Elizabeth Blair, who sells patchwork quilts in a shop beneath his office, Max sets out to find the womanizing Aitken's enemies--and they are many, including ex-mistresses and the former owners of the Manor. Another murder and Elizabeth's sharp-eyed forays into village society add interest to the credible plot as Brown skewers social foibles and the delusions of the pretentious.
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Review

' A sprightly mystery debut... Murder and Elizabeth's sharp-eyed forays into the village society add interest to the crebdible plot' Publishers Weekly 'Both the setting and key players are true originals' Woodland Hills Daily News, Los Angeles California 'A sprightly mystery debut... Murder and Elizabeth's sharp-eyed forays into the village society add interest to the crebdible plot' -- Publishers Weekly 'Both the setting and key players are true originals' -- Woodland Hills Daily News, Los Angeles California

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: New English Library (February 18, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340718846
• ISBN-13: 978-0340718841
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,152,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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