Mrs. Jeffries Sweeps the Chimney

Reeks: A Victorian Mystery

Leesfragment
€6,99
  • “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.Inspector
  • Witherspoon
  • is
  • perplexed.
  • No
  • one
  • seems
  • to
  • know
  • the
  • identity
  • of
  • the
  • dead
  • man
  • dressed
  • like
  • a
  • vicar
  • and
  • propped
  • up
  • against
  • the
  • outside
  • wall
  • of
  • St.
  • Paul’s
  • Church.
  • A
  • paper
  • clutched
  • in
  • the
  • corpse’s
  • hand
  • reveals
  • the
  • address
  • of
  • a
  • dilapidated
  • and
  • seemingly
  • abandoned
  • cottage—abandoned
  • if
  • you
  • don’t
  • count
  • the
  • human
  • skeleton
  • stuffed
  • in
  • the
  • chimney.
  • To
  • link
  • these
  • two
  • bizarre
  • incidents
  • will
  • take
  • all
  • of
  • the
  • resources
  • at
  • Witherspoon’s
  • command—and
  • a
  • little
  • help
  • from
  • the
  • efficient
  • Mrs.
  • Jeffries.
  • .
  • . .
1 of 162
pro-mbooks3 : libris