Ann Purser
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Cantankerous spinster Ivy Beasley finds a silver lining in her golden years as an amateur sleuth in her small English village of Barrington, teaming up with mysterious newcomer Gus and her own cousin to solve the murder of Gus's elderly neighbor.
Author
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Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Interested in penning her memoirs, Ivy Beasley decides to take a creative writing course. But it's hard to find time to put pen to paper when this current chapter is so full of lies, jealousy and murder ... Rumors are flying around the village of Barrington about Mrs. Winchen Blatch, a reclusive widow living alone in her old farmhouse. In the past few weeks, the widow claims she has been tormented by ghostly visitations, so she hires Ivy and her...
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English
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Cantankerous spinster Ivy Beasley has quickly learned that spending her golden years in the quaint village of Barrington won't be as quiet as she thought. Ivy hasn't been in assisted living at Springfields for long, but she's already found new friends, formed a detective agency, and solved a murder. And as autumn falls, Ivy and her team are asked to investigate a mysterious death in the village of Measby--in between card games.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Lois Meade has done enough buffing and polishing over the years with her cleaning business, New Brooms, to know that all that glitters is not gold. So when a bag of costume jewellery is the main clue in a murder, she has a strong suspicion that appearances may be deceiving... After a woman is discovered in the Mill House Hotel, strangled with a silver necklace beside a bag filled with faux silver, gold and pearls, costume jewelry dealer Michael Black...
13) Threats at three
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Mother, cleaning lady, and secret sleuth Lois Meade investigates a murder that Detective Cowgill believes is connected to a suspicious fire and a heated dispute over the local village hall.
15) Scandal at six
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Lois Meade has scrubbed her way through the homes in Long Farnden, and she's not afraid of dusting cobwebs and killing a few bugs. But in her role as amateur sleuth, she's learning that if there's one thing to beware of, it's a snake in the grass... Spring has arrived in Long Farnden and with it, a mysterious infestation. Lois Meade's daughter has found her village store overrun by insects and reptiles. And Lois has no time to stop and smell the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Lois Meade has worked through all the days of the week, turning up clues and scrubbing up messes and murderers in the village of Long Farnden. A series of robberies have begun to plague Long Farnden, and Lois's own daughter, Josie, is shaken when a thief makes off with a hundred pounds from the till in her grocery shop. But before her policeman fiancé can crack the case, someone cracks Lois's husband on the head when he interrupts a burglary in progress....