The Plain Old Man [Mass Market Paperback]

Charlotte MacLeod (Author)

Book Description

Series: Kelling & Bittersohn Mysteries | Publication Date: September 1, 2003

Sarah' Aunt Emma's theatre troupe is doing The Sorcerer, as Emma has always hankered to play Lady Sangazure. Perhaps she made a bad choice, though, by casting a well-connected con man in the title role. It's no mere evil spell that leaves Charlie Daventer dead on his bathroom floor. But the show must go on. Cousin Frederick is hurled into the breach. Old Fred really can't tolerate the general assumption that his friend Charlie died by accident. He convinces Sarah that a murder has been committed. Sarah's husband, Max the detective, is off in Finland, so she tackles the case herself. Clues aren't hard to find and when Sarah sorts them out, she learns that when the curtain falls that the show is far from over...

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Charlotte MacLeod is the multiple award-winning author of over forty acclaimed novels, many featuring her series detective Professor Peter Shandy and her popular husband and wife team of Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: I Books (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743474791
• ISBN-13: 978-0743474795
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #983,199 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gilbert & Sullivan & Murder & Mayhem, May 21, 2007

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This review is from: The Plain Old Man (Mass Market Paperback)

Sarah Kelling Bittersohn has agreed to help her Aunt Emma put on her swan song, a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Sorcerer," and is happily fetching and carrying and painting flats when one of the cast, who plays the small but significant role of the notary (the Plain Old Man of the title) dies at home alone. Other disturbing events are marring the production: Emma is being threatened, and a full-length portrait of a Kelling ancestor is stolen and held for ransom.

It soon becomes clear that Charlie's death was not accidental, and Sarah must unravel all the threads of the complicated case while bearing in mind that, for Emma's sake, "the show must go on."

I thoroughly enjoyed the backstage operations of the amateur dramatic company, the references to Gilbert and Sullivan, and the delightful characters that populated this story.