The quaint and quiet village of Brimful Coffers, colonised by a group of mystery writers, is viewed by that circle to be an ideal retreat from the stresses and harsh realities of the outside world. But sometimes tragedy can intrude even into paradise. First, a village child is killed, victim of a callous hit-and-run incident. And then two of the visiting authors discover that they are both using the same well-known Elizabethan lady as the heroine and villainess of their respective history-mystery series. The situation threatens to end in poisoned pens at dawn, unless cooler heads can prevail. Unfortunately for the warring authors one of the coolest heads around, that of hard-boiled crime novelist Macho Magee, has been well and truly turned by the chick-lit bestseller Cressie Adair, also new to the area - he has even allowed her to put his beloved cat Roscoe on an Atkins-inspired diet. Lorinda Lucas and Freddie Carlson, Macho's longtime friends, scheme to try and save him from the harpie, Cressie, but their efforts seem doomed to be too little and too late. Certainly, they are too late for one of the feuding rival authors who falls victim to another fatal hit-and-run. But is it accident or murder? And who else may be at risk as the cold brutality of the real criminal world invades their peaceful rural retreat?
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Marion Babson was born in Salem, Massachusetts, but has lived in London for the greater part of her life. She has worked as a librarian, managed a campaign headquarters, been a receptionist, secretary and den mother to a firm of commercial artists and was co-editor of a knitting-machine magazine, despite the fact she can't knit, even with two needles. A long sojourn as a temp sent her into the heart of business life all over London, working for architects, law firms, the British Museum, a Soho Club and even a visiting superstar. She also served as secretary to the Crime Writers' Association. Marian Babson is now a full-time writer and her many interests including theatre, cinema, art, cooking, travel and cats, are reflected in her books.
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