Death and the Pleasant Voices
$36.86
- Paperback
285 pages
- Release Date
3 October 2022
Summary
‘All these people who thought themselves securely in possession are now going to be dependent on the caprice of this young man.’
During a blinding rainstorm, Jake Seaborne takes a wrong turn and arrives at Ullstone Hall, where he is initially mistaken for ‘Hugo’, the new heir to the family estate. It seems Hugo is the offspring of the late Mr Ullstone’s first marriage in India, but the children of his second marriage have never met him. In short, the Ullstone family destiny is now in …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781899000548 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1899000542 |
| Author: | Mary Fitt, Curtis Evans |
| Publisher: | Moonstone Press |
| Imprint: | Moonstone Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 285 |
| Release Date: | 3 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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A novel of crime in which half Indian Hugo, returning to the house and fortune left him by the whimsical will of a British father, meets the antagonism of English Ursula and Jim, children of a second marriage. Their emotional entanglements, the imposture of Hugo and the murder of the real Hugo, the possible re-willing of the estate to an outsider, lead to a second death, the self-betrayal and suicide of the killer. A leisurely but practised performance.
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Mary Fitt
Mary Fitt was the pseudonym of Kathleen Freeman (1897-1959) a classical scholar who taught Greek at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire in Cardiff. Starting in 1937, she wrote 27 mysteries and a number of short stories as Mary Fitt and was elected to the Detection Club in 1950. Aside from her detective novels, Freeman published many books on classical Greece, scholarly articles and children’s stories. She lived in St Mellons in Wales with her friend Dr Liliane Marie Catherine Clopet, a family physician, who wrote short stories and fairy tales.
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