Arson and Old Lace: A Far Wychwood MysterySimon and Schuster, 2005 M03 15 - 304 páginas "You're a librarian, not a detective," Catherine Penny's daughter reminds her. But Catherine, suddenly single in her sixties, finds it easy to slip into sleuthing mode when she leaves behind New York City and a failed marriage for a lovely 17th century cottage in the idyllic English village of Far Wychwood. But behind the town's quaint stone walls and lace-curtained windows lurk dark secrets and whispers of witchcraft. And when her crusty neighbor George Crocker dies in a tragic fire, Catherine alone suspects arson. Lacking hard evidence, the police pay little attention, and the villagers swear she must be mistaken. Catherine, however, is one feisty expatriate American who leaves no stone unturned when circumstances point to murder. She may not be Miss Marple--yet--but her ingenious knack for uncovering the truth is about to take Far Wychwood by storm! |
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... couldn't wait to see my new home. I pulled my suitcase and carry-on from the trunk. I had given everything to my friends in New York except a modicum of clothing, and the books, CDs, and photo albums I'd shipped. The rest belonged to ...
... couldn't wait to see my new home. I pulled my suitcase and carry-on from the trunk. I had given everything to my friends in New York except a modicum of clothing, and the books, CDs, and photo albums I'd shipped. The rest belonged to ...
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... couldn't see a path. I wasn't going to find any new friends in that decrepit place, I thought glumly. Then I noticed something grey and wispy, easing out under the door. I peered closer. Yes, it was smoke, seeping around the door ...
... couldn't see a path. I wasn't going to find any new friends in that decrepit place, I thought glumly. Then I noticed something grey and wispy, easing out under the door. I peered closer. Yes, it was smoke, seeping around the door ...
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... couldn't help smiling. “It don't do to make game of the witches, Missus. They'll not cross one of they lines, everybody knows that. Think I want to be strangled with witch-weed in me sleep?” It was hard to believe that thirty-six hours ...
... couldn't help smiling. “It don't do to make game of the witches, Missus. They'll not cross one of they lines, everybody knows that. Think I want to be strangled with witch-weed in me sleep?” It was hard to believe that thirty-six hours ...
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... couldn't tear my gaze from the thing in the trench. It had once been a man or woman, but now all its flesh had been consumed and its bones had separated. Some of them were still partly submerged in the clay subsoil, but I could see an ...
... couldn't tear my gaze from the thing in the trench. It had once been a man or woman, but now all its flesh had been consumed and its bones had separated. Some of them were still partly submerged in the clay subsoil, but I could see an ...
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... couldn't be,” I choked out, “not here!” The backhoe man shrugged. “Coppers'll be coming directly, they'll sort it out. Any road, it needn't bother you. Happened years ago, from the state of them remains—long before your time, vicar.” I ...
... couldn't be,” I choked out, “not here!” The backhoe man shrugged. “Coppers'll be coming directly, they'll sort it out. Any road, it needn't bother you. Happened years ago, from the state of them remains—long before your time, vicar.” I ...
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Sección 11 | 154 |
Sección 12 | 167 |
Sección 13 | 182 |
Sección 14 | 194 |
Sección 15 | 209 |
Sección 16 | 227 |
Sección 17 | 246 |
Sección 18 | 259 |
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