The Grasmere grudge / Rebecca Tope.
By: Tope, Rebecca.
Series: Tope, Rebecca. Lake District mystery: 8.Publisher: Leicester : Thorpe, Isis, 2021Edition: Large print edition.Description: 354 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781785418983; 178541898X.Subject(s): Brown, Persimmon (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Antique dealers -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | Lake District (England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Returning from a much-needed holiday, Persimmon "Simmy" Brown discovers that life in the Lake District is, as ever, far from relaxing. Before she can enjoy the idea of being the future Mrs Chris Henderson, her fiance discovers the body of his friend, antiques dealer Jonathan Woolley, strangled in a house in Grasmere. Simmy enlists the help of her friends and amateur detectives Ben and Bonnie, but the investigation appears to ask more questions than it answers as historical grudges against the dead man are revealed. It seems that many people had a reason for wanting Jonathan dead. But with Chris's increasingly evasive and odd behaviour, Simmy begins to wonder if he is more involved in the murder than he is saying. How can she put her trust in a man with something to hide?Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Adult book | Newton-le-Willows Library Large Print | Available | 38055013144910 |
Returning from a much-needed holiday, Persimmon "Simmy" Brown discovers that life in the Lake District is, as ever, far from relaxing. Before she can enjoy the idea of being the future Mrs Chris Henderson, her fiance discovers the body of his friend, antiques dealer Jonathan Woolley, strangled in a house in Grasmere. Simmy enlists the help of her friends and amateur detectives Ben and Bonnie, but the investigation appears to ask more questions than it answers as historical grudges against the dead man are revealed. It seems that many people had a reason for wanting Jonathan dead. But with Chris's increasingly evasive and odd behaviour, Simmy begins to wonder if he is more involved in the murder than he is saying. How can she put her trust in a man with something to hide?
Adult.