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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
Ring in the season with another Mrs. Jeffries tale of holiday homicide.
Moments after a high tea is interrupted by a fire in the servants’ hall, art collector Daniel McCourt is found sprawled on the floor of his study under a bundle of mistletoe, his throat slit by the bloody sword lying next to his body. Could the killer be a disgruntled lover, sending a message by murdering McCourt under the mistletoe? Could it be one of his fellow...
Moments after a high tea is interrupted by a fire in the servants’ hall, art collector Daniel McCourt is found sprawled on the floor of his study under a bundle of mistletoe, his throat slit by the bloody sword lying next to his body. Could the killer be a disgruntled lover, sending a message by murdering McCourt under the mistletoe? Could it be one of his fellow...
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English
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All the upper crust marriageable daughters are outraged when rich, handsome Lewis Banfield marries an artist's model. But Arlette Montrose Banfield is an intelligent, free-spirited modern woman. However, not everyone approves. At the Banfield ball, someone poisons the new bride's champagne. Inspector Witherspoon is on the case. Luckily, Mrs. Jeffries - his housekeeper and crimesolver - doesn't mind getting her hands a little dirty.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
To avoid a terrible miscarriage of justice, Mrs. Jeffries must help someone she'd hoped never to see again solve the murder of the Sutcliffe Manufacturing general office manager, a man many hated.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass market edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The eccentric Olive Kettering swore someone was trying to harm her. Too bad no one listened, though plenty wanted her dead. When Olive is shot and killed, Mrs. Jeffries has no problem speaking her mind to see justice served.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Train enthusiast Francis Humphreys took his last breath while relatives and neighbors visited downstairs. But if everyone was downstairs, who could have stolen into Uncle Francis's study, killed him, and escaped? Mrs. Jeffries will have to lend her downstairs common sense to this upstairs murder mystery.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
499 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Everyone's awed by Inspector Witherspoon's Scotland Yard successes, but they don't know about his secret weapon. Her name is Mrs. Jeffries, and she keeps house for the Inspector and keeps him on his toes. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, her polished detection skills are up to the task. Because as she knows all too well, a crime solvers work is never done.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Inspector Witherspoon of Scotland Yard and his household led by housekeeper Mrs. Jeffries are anticipating their holiday plans until a botched murder investigation is assigned to Witherspoon. Given that the killing happened six weeks ago, all are feeling rather pessimistic about achieving justice for Christopher Gilhaney in time to enjoy the holidays. The staff soon rallies and begins hunting for clues to aid their employer. The inimitable Mrs. Jeffries...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Inspector Nigel Nivens is not a nice man or a good investigator. He's been sent to a particularly difficult precinct in the East End of London as penance. When a paid informant is found shot in an alley, Nivens thinks that if he can crack the case, he'll redeem himself and have a much-needed chance at impressing his superiors. But there's one big problem with his plan-Niven's distinct antique pistol is found at the scene of the crime and even more...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Old sins cast long shadows. Normally dead bodies in a graveyard are buried--but not this one. When a woman is found strangled in a North London cemetery with an old newspaper clipping clutched in her hand, Inspector Witherspoon is surprised to find that he and the victim have crossed paths before. Mrs. Robinson was a respectable widow who ran a quiet Islington lodging house. None of her lodgers have any apparent motive to murder their landlady. But...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The ladies of the Mayfair Orchid and Exotic Plant Society are known for a bit of friendly rivalry, but the backstabbing has never been literal--until now. When Hiram Filmore, an orchid hunter and supplier, is found dead in Mrs. Helena Rayburn's conservatory, Inspector Witherspoon is called in to weed out a murderer. When it comes out that Mrs. Rayburn and her flowery friend knew each other from long ago, Mrs. Jeffries begins to suspect that there's...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On a cold night in February, the popular Lighterman's Ball festivities are cut short when a guest of honor, Stephen Bremmer, goes into spasms and abruptly collapses. Once again Inspector Witherspoon returns to the Wrexley Hotel to investigate a murder. The victim was considered a boorish snob who felt entitled to anything and anyone he wanted. Yet despite his Oxford education, he was barely literate, lazy, and prone to make stupid mistakes--his last...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
485 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. Jeffries takes the cake: The evidence was all there: a dead body, two dessert plates, and a gun. As if Mr. Ashbury had been sharing cake with his own killer. Now Mrs. Jeffries will have to do some snooping around to dish up clues. Mrs. Jeffries rocks the boat: Mirabelle had traveled by boat all the way from Australia to visit her sister--only to wind up murdered. Now Mrs. Jeffries must solve the case--and it's sink or swim. Mrs Jeffries weeds...
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Language
English
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"Mrs. Jeffries and Inspector Witherspoon should be checking off their Christmas present list but instead they're listing murder suspects in this latest entry of the beloved Victorian Mystery series. Harriet Andover had no intention of dying young like her silly siblings had. She intended to outlive them and outdo them as she always had. But Harriet discovers that the best intentions can lead to murder when she is strangled inside her mansion with...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a wealthy widow is murdered, Mrs. Jeffries investigates what happens when money can't buy your life in this all- new installment in the beloved Victorian Mystery series. Margaret Starling wasn't the sort of woman anyone expected to be murdered. She was on the advisory board of the London Angel Alms Society, an active member of St. Peter's Church and, best of all, she was always willing to lend a hand to a friend or neighbor in need of advice....
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. Jeffries is back in the New York Times bestselling Victorian Mytery series, perfect for fans of Downton Abbey. Thomas Mundy checks in to London's Wrexley Hotel, but he never checks out. The maid finds him on the floor of his room, bludgeoned to death by his own walking stick. Inspector Witherspoon is soon on the case and learns Mundy had a reputation for being polite, charming, and diligent--an unlikely victim for such a violent crime. But Mrs....
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