Mrs. Jeffries Pleads Her Case

Reeks: A Victorian Mystery

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  • “Mrs.
  • Jeffries
  • is
  • the
  • Miss
  • Marple
  • of
  • Victorian
  • Mystery.”
  • —The
  • Paperback
  • ForumShe
  • keeps
  • house
  • for
  • Inspector
  • Witherspoon
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • and
  • keeps
  • him
  • on
  • his
  • toes.
  • Everyone’s
  • awed
  • by
  • his
  • Scotland
  • Yard
  • successes—but
  • they
  • don’t
  • know
  • about
  • his
  • secret
  • weapon.
  • No
  • matter
  • how
  • messy
  • the
  • murder
  • or
  • how
  • dirty
  • the
  • deed,
  • Mrs.
  • Jeffries’
  • polished
  • detection
  • skills
  • are
  • up
  • to
  • the
  • task
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • proving
  • that
  • behind
  • every
  • great
  • man
  • there’s
  • a
  • woman—and
  • that
  • a
  • crimesolver’s
  • work
  • is
  • never
  • done.It
  • took
  • no
  • time
  • at
  • all
  • for
  • the
  • magistrate
  • to
  • rule
  • the
  • death
  • of
  • Harlan
  • Westover
  • a
  • suicide.
  • But
  • not
  • everyone
  • is
  • convinced
  • by
  • the
  • result
  • of
  • what
  • may
  • have
  • been
  • a
  • slip-shod
  • investigation.
  • Inspector
  • Witherspoon
  • is
  • treading
  • dangerous
  • political
  • waters
  • when
  • he
  • discreetly
  • pokes
  • around
  • to
  • see
  • if
  • he
  • can’t
  • catch
  • himself
  • a
  • killer.
  • But
  • it’s
  • up
  • to
  • Mrs.
  • Jeffries
  • and
  • her
  • staff
  • to
  • do
  • some
  • detective
  • work
  • of
  • their
  • own
  • in
  • order
  • to
  • give
  • the
  • inspector
  • a
  • gentle
  • nudge
  • in
  • the
  • right
  • direction—and
  • ensure
  • that
  • a
  • murderer,
  • if
  • indeed
  • there
  • is
  • one,
  • doesn’t
  • get
  • the
  • chance
  • to
  • stage
  • another
  • suicide.
  • .
  • . .
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