Ferrars, undisputed past mistress of the domestic British mystery, at uncovering the personal torments that lie beneath the surface of tranquil small town life, and one is better at unraveling the complex relationships and motivations that so often lead to unexpected violence. About the Book Ex-odd-couple Virginia and Felix agree to be witnesses at a wedding that turns into an investigation when the grooms father is murdered. When a second woman of Amory’s acquaintance is also found dead, the rather prickly writer would seem to be a prime suspect but Basnett has other ideas. The Elizabeth Ferrars books have become so popular over the years that generation after generation. Ferrars), her first mystery and the first in what would become the five-book Toby Dyke series. Ferrars How I wish Olga Wojtas had seven sisters Future Mayhem Coming soon Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Weird Sisters Olga Wojtas Coming soon A Hobby of Murder E.X.

Ferrars Blood Relative Carolyn Hougan Death of a Minor Character E.X. This novel represents her closest approach to an espionage story. Restless after completing a time-consuming biography. After an early marriage and the publication of two novels, in 1940 her life was turned upside-down when she both met Robert Brown and published Give a Corpse a Bad Name (as E.X. The Butcher of Berner Street Alex Reeve Thinner Than Water E.X. Ferrars showed her ability to vary from her usual pattern of domestic intrigue leading to murder in Hanged Man’s House (1974). It’s pleasant to be invited for dinner at the home of successful novelist Simon Amory, but not so pleasant when Amory’s sister in law is found shot to death in Amory’s summer house, and Basnett’s nephew is both the last person to have seen her alive and the first to see her dead. Andrew Basnett, over 70, is stooped and, like this British mystery, seems barely to creep along. Skeleton in Search of a Cupboard (1982)Įxpecting nothing more than a quiet holiday in the sleepy seaside town of Gallmouth, England, Andrew Basnett is first surprised to meet his nephew, Peter Dilly, quite by chance, and then both pleased and annoyed to find himself drawn into the activities of the town’s first arts festival.

Murder in Time by E.X. Ferrars