Mrs. Jeffries and the Alms of the Angel

Reeks: A Victorian Mystery

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  • When
  • a
  • wealthy
  • widow
  • is
  • murdered,
  • Mrs.
  • Jeffries
  • investigates
  • what
  • happens
  • when
  • money
  • can't
  • buy
  • your
  • life
  • in
  • this
  • all-new
  • installment
  • in
  • the
  • beloved
  • Victorian
  • Mystery
  • series.Margaret
  • Starling
  • wasn’t
  • the
  • sort
  • of
  • woman
  • anyone
  • expected
  • to
  • be
  • murdered.
  • She
  • was
  • on
  • the
  • advisory
  • board
  • of
  • the
  • London
  • Angel
  • Alms
  • Society,
  • she
  • was
  • an
  • active
  • member
  • of
  • St.
  • Peter’s
  • Church,
  • and,
  • best
  • of
  • all,
  • she
  • was
  • always
  • willing
  • to
  • lend
  • a
  • hand
  • to
  • a
  • friend
  • or
  • a
  • neighbor
  • in
  • need
  • of
  • advice.
  • She
  • was
  • also
  • a
  • wealthy
  • upper-class
  • widow.
  • But
  • money
  • alone
  • won’t
  • protect
  • you
  • when
  • someone
  • decides
  • it’s
  • high
  • time
  • you
  • met
  • your
  • maker.Margaret’s
  • next-door
  • neighbor
  • considered
  • her
  • an
  • odious
  • busybody,
  • the
  • Reverend
  • Reginald
  • Pontefract
  • wished
  • she’d
  • never
  • set
  • foot
  • in
  • St.
  • Andrew’s,
  • and
  • half
  • the
  • advisory
  • board
  • of
  • the
  • London
  • Angel
  • Alms
  • Society
  • heartily
  • hoped
  • she’d
  • come
  • down
  • with
  • a
  • case
  • of
  • the
  • gout
  • before
  • the
  • next
  • quarterly
  • meeting.All
  • in
  • all,
  • Margaret
  • wasn’t
  • as
  • well
  • regarded
  • as
  • she’d
  • always
  • thought
  • she
  • was.
  • But
  • Mrs.
  • Jeffries
  • and
  • Inspector
  • Witherspoon
  • know
  • that
  • justice
  • isn’t
  • a
  • popularity
  • contest,
  • and
  • they
  • won’t
  • rest
  • until
  • they
  • sift
  • through
  • the
  • suspects
  • to
  • catch
  • a
  • sinister scrooge.
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