The Mistress of Alderley [Large Print] [Paperback]

Robert Barnard BSC (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2005

Well-known actress Caroline Fawley has given up her successful stage and television career for love and life at Alderley, an elegant country home "bought" for her by her married "friend," international business titan Marius Fleetwood. Despite the inquisitive villagers, Caroline is happy and the world is good...until a mysterious young man backpacking through the countryside arrives at the door. He says his name is Peter Bagshaw, but Caroline can't help noticing his physical resemblance to Marius. Is he Marius' son?
What else has Marius hidden from Caroline?
Who is Marius anyway
Is everything about him a lie?
Then a murder occurs....
As always in a Barnard mystery, the fun is in the details, the characters, the twists. With big houses, wealth, opera, and obsessive devotion among the ingredients, Barnard has cooked up another witty, richly nuanced novel worthy of the crime-writing star that he is.

Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590582020
• ISBN-13: 978-1590582022
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,248,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Author has Perfected the Writing of a Good Mystery, August 23, 2007

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J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mistress of Alderley (Paperback)

Robert Barnard, currently lives with his wife in Yorkshire. He was born in Essex on 23 November, 1936. Educated at the Royal Grammar School in Colchester and at Balliol College, Oxford, taking his Ph.D. from the University of Bergen, Norway, in 1972, he spent many years as a distinguished academic while establishing himself as one of today's most distinguished crime writers. His fascination with the pure detective story is evident in his many novels.

Caroline Fawley, has a good life. She is an actress whose work on television has made her not only popular but wealthy as well and she is happy to court the attention that she receives from her new neighbour in the village of Alderley, in Yorkshire. The romantic weekend visits from her boyfriend, the supermarket heir Marius Fleetwood, give the local all the gossip they need to keep them going through the week.

But Caroline's life is turned upside down when a young man who looks remarkably si9milar to Marius turns up on her doorstep unannounced. Within a few weeks Marius has gone missing and it is not long before a body is found . . .

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great characters, October 19, 2011

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This review is from: The Mistress of Alderley (Paperback)

Robert Barnard does not disappoint in this well characterized and plotted book. It's always fun to read him and this was a good example of his work.