Death and the Brewery Queen / Frances Brody.
By: Brody, Frances.
Series: Brody, Frances. Kate Shackleton: 12.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Isis, 2022Description: 366 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781399125185.Subject(s): Shackleton, Kate (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Women private investigators -- England -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | North Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Yorkshire, 1930. Private investigator Kate Shackleton is called in by William Lofthouse to look into irregularities at Barleycorn Brewery. Several things don't add up; and when the one employee who may know what's really going on meets with a fatal accident, the investigation intensifies. Later, at the garden party celebrating the success of Ruth Parnaby, newly crowned Yorkshire Brewery Queen, a horde of children wait impatiently for a pony ride. Kate goes in search of Joe Finch and his Shetland Billy Boy - and finds herself staring at a dead body. With the discovery of financial discrepancies, family secrets, and the lure of national success for Ruth, motives for murder abound. Sometimes a threat comes from the most unexpected quarter, and it's up to Kate to fathom the mystery.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Haydock Library Large Print | Issued | 17/05/2024 | 38055013155643 |
Yorkshire, 1930. Private investigator Kate Shackleton is called in by William Lofthouse to look into irregularities at Barleycorn Brewery. Several things don't add up; and when the one employee who may know what's really going on meets with a fatal accident, the investigation intensifies. Later, at the garden party celebrating the success of Ruth Parnaby, newly crowned Yorkshire Brewery Queen, a horde of children wait impatiently for a pony ride. Kate goes in search of Joe Finch and his Shetland Billy Boy - and finds herself staring at a dead body. With the discovery of financial discrepancies, family secrets, and the lure of national success for Ruth, motives for murder abound. Sometimes a threat comes from the most unexpected quarter, and it's up to Kate to fathom the mystery.
Adult.