Murder in House (Ellie Quicke Mystery) [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Veronica Heley (Author), Patience Tomlinson (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2011 | Series: Ellie Quicke Mystery

Ellie Quicke is back - Ellie and her new husband Thomas are called to deal with student Ursula, who has staged a sit-in at church. Ursula challenges Ellie to solve three mysteries: a broken engagement, a disappearance and a death. As she investigates, Ellie suspects there is more to these events than anyone is admitting. Soon she finds her own friends and family targeted, as a powerful group hunts her down . . .

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In British author Heley's fine 10th Ellie Quicke mystery (after 2008's Murder in the Park), nosy Ellie, recently married to her minister, must try to solve a missing persons case. After Ursula Belton, a distraught university student, stages a sit-in vigil at Ellie's husband's church, Ellie's drawn into searching for Ursula's best friend, Mia Prior. Mia disappeared after the drunken fatal fall of a male friend during the opening of posh Prior's Place, a new block of upscale flats owned by Mia's high-profile developer stepdad. As Ellie probes into Mia's background, she comes under the radar of a gang led by Anthony and Timothy Prior, Mia's stepbrothers. They stalk Ellie, Ursula's mother and even Ellie's daughter, Diana, hoping to find where battered Mia and Ursula have escaped to. More strong-coffee crime than weak-tea cozy, Heley's unflinching take on just how low unscrupulous businessmen may go during recessionary times is an eye-opener. (Sept.)
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In British author Heley's fine 10th Ellie Quicke mystery (after 2008's Murder in the Park), nosy Ellie, recently married to her minister, must try to solve a missing persons case. After Ursula Belton, a distraught university student, stages a sit-in vigil at Ellie's husband's church, Ellie's drawn into searching for Ursula's best friend, Mia Prior. Mia disappeared after the drunken fatal fall of a male friend during the opening of posh Prior's Place, a new block of upscale flats owned by Mia's high-profile developer stepdad. As Ellie probes into Mia's background, she comes under the radar of a gang led by Anthony and Timothy Prior, Mia's stepbrothers. They stalk Ellie, Ursula's mother and even Ellie's daughter, Diana, hoping to find where battered Mia and Ursula have escaped to. More strong-coffee crime than weak-tea cozy, Heley's unflinching take on just how low unscrupulous businessmen may go during recessionary times is an eye-opener. --Publishers Weekly, 6th July 2009 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Soundings Ltd; Unabridged edition (November 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1407914545
• ISBN-13: 978-1407914541
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Veronica Heley (www.veronicaheley.com) has published more than fifty books, including crime fiction, historical, and children's titles. She is currently involved in the Ellie Quicke series of crime stories and a variety of other projects. A full-time writer, she has been married to a London probation officer since 1964, and has one musician daughter.

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5.0 out of 5 stars You'll hate her daughter...., May 21, 2010

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This review is from: Murder in House (Ellie Quicke Mysteries) (Hardcover)

I love this series and I am so glad my mother is not around to read it! The cozy's detective and main character is an attractive, plumpish, rich, middle-aged widow with the daughter from hell. (My mother would be calling me to read passages of Diana's behavior.) It's a fun murder mystery with an emphasis on London real estate and housing rehab with the requisite church vicar romance. Heley puts in subtle religious insights with a light hand appreciated by this agnostic.