An Embarrassment of Corpses
An Oliver Swithin Mystery
$34.59
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2014
Summary
Scotland Yard is hunting the worst kind of serial killer-one with a sense of humor.When children’s book author Oliver Swithin, reluctant creator of the notorious “Finsbury the Ferret,” finds an old friend’s body floating in a Trafalgar Square fountain, he can’t convince the police to treat the death as a murder.But then more corpses turn up daily-on a tube station platform, in a botanical gardens hothouse, even in the middle of Piccadilly Circus-each murdered in an increasingly bizarre manner. It seems that a serial killer is at play, using London’s landscape as his game board.Oliver joins his uncle, Detective Superintendent Tim Mallard, in a race to uncover the pattern behind the growing number of deaths. But even if they solve the murderer’s puzzle, will it help them identify the next victim before the killer strikes again? And will Oliver ever reveal his secret passion for Mallard’s assistant, the forbidding Detective Sergeant Effie Strongitharm?And what does any of this have to do with a battery-operated ferret, the works of Lewis Carroll, the great London Scorpion Scare, the episode of the nude Macbeth, and Underwood Tooth, the world’s leading expert on being ignored?
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781464202445 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1464202443 |
| Author: | Alan Beechey |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 245g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Oliver Swithin Mysteries |
| Audience Age: | 14-10 |
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Critics Review
”” this first novel succeeds in large part because of its humor, light tone, imaginative characters, and fascinating murder scenes. A pleasant distraction.“” –Library Journal of An Embarrasment of Corpses, ““In the end, it’s difficult to say what’s most appealing about this book: Oliver’s beguiling personality, the inventive plot, or the clever wordplay, raucous jokes, and hilarious innuendos. No matter. Beechey has concocted a sparkling little gem of a mystery that’s a treat to read.”” –Booklist of Murdering Ministers
” this first novel succeeds in large part because of its humor, light tone, imaginative characters, and fascinating murder scenes. A pleasant distraction.” –Library Journal of An Embarrasment of Corpses, “In the end, it’s difficult to say what’s most appealing about this book: Oliver’s beguiling personality, the inventive plot, or the clever wordplay, raucous jokes, and hilarious innuendos. No matter. Beechey has concocted a sparkling little gem of a mystery that’s a treat to read.” –Booklist of Murdering Ministers
Alan Beechey
Alan Beechey was born in England and grew up in London. He moved to Manhattan in his twenties and now lives with his three sons and his rescue mutt, Leila, in Rye, New York. This Private Plot is the third title featuring children’s book author and amateur sleuth Oliver Swithin and his girlfriend, Scotland Yard detective Effie Strongitharm. They first met in An Embarrassment of Corpses, which The Bookshop Blog included in its list of the “Best 100 Mysteries of All Time,” and reappeared in Murdering Ministers. Alan is also the co-author of a non-fiction book on American culture and values.
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