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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... stood since the seventeenth century. Built of honey-colored Cotswold stone, its slate roof thick with velvety lichen, its windows mullioned and diamond-paned, a trail of brown vine by the door with the ghosts of last summer's roses ...
... stood since the seventeenth century. Built of honey-colored Cotswold stone, its slate roof thick with velvety lichen, its windows mullioned and diamond-paned, a trail of brown vine by the door with the ghosts of last summer's roses ...
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... stood there unmoving while I groped for the stove knob and twisted it. The fire died into the burner. I grabbed the curtain rod and jerked the burning curtain to the floor, leaned across to the sink 6 Patricia Harwin.
... stood there unmoving while I groped for the stove knob and twisted it. The fire died into the burner. I grabbed the curtain rod and jerked the burning curtain to the floor, leaned across to the sink 6 Patricia Harwin.
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... stood on the doorstep, dragging in air and looking each other up and down. The moonlight showed me what a very old man he was. Gnarled bones stood out under the furrows of his face. His clouded eyes were sunk back in their sockets and ...
... stood on the doorstep, dragging in air and looking each other up and down. The moonlight showed me what a very old man he was. Gnarled bones stood out under the furrows of his face. His clouded eyes were sunk back in their sockets and ...
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... stood on a rise, maybe a quarter of a mile beyond Rowan Cottage. I could see it from the road, almost fortress-like, the squat tower and small round-topped windows, and the leafless trees and stone grave-markers in the churchyard around ...
... stood on a rise, maybe a quarter of a mile beyond Rowan Cottage. I could see it from the road, almost fortress-like, the squat tower and small round-topped windows, and the leafless trees and stone grave-markers in the churchyard around ...
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... stood with folded arms, watching the desecration of the cross with a satisfied smile. “Hey!” I yelled at him, straining to be heard over the din as the backhoe jolted forward a few feet, beeping a raucous warning. The man inside pushed ...
... stood with folded arms, watching the desecration of the cross with a satisfied smile. “Hey!” I yelled at him, straining to be heard over the din as the backhoe jolted forward a few feet, beeping a raucous warning. The man inside pushed ...
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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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