Death of an Old Girl (Black Dagger Crime) [Hardcover]

Elizabeth Lemarchand (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C (November 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745186238
• ISBN-13: 978-0745186238
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,844,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Girls' school murder, October 2, 2003

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CMBohn "cmb" (Orem, UT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death of an Old Girl (Mass Market Paperback)

During the end of the year ceremonies at Meldon School for Girls, one of the former students (the "old girl" from the title) criticizes the new administration, the new teaching staff, the new curriculum. But the headmaster is used to Beatrice Baynes' objections and takes no notice. But someone must take notice when her dead body is found in the art building.

There are lots of suspects: the headmaster herself, the art teacher and her patron, the goddaughter and the nephew of the victim. Scotland Yard, in the form of Inspector Pollard and Sergeant Toye, must untangle all the motives and see who the real murderer is.

I enjoyed this book. I like the English mysteries. The setting is completely foreign to me, since I know nothing about private (or as they call it, Public) school. But I liked it anyway.