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Set in 1961, this third tale in the Suffolk trilogy takes florist Felix Smythe and close friend Professor Cedric Dillworthy to Southwold once more.

Set in 1961, this third tale in the Suffolk trilogy takes florist Felix Smythe and close friend Professor Cedric Dillworthy to Southwold once more.

Dedicating a monument to an eminent member of a Cambridge college should be a simple matter of course, but plans for a statue honouring Sir Percival Biggs-Brookby are far from set in stone and the committee face many obstacles to decision-making - not least among themselves. Despite already commissioning an artist to complete the work, the meddling daughter of the deceased is determined to enlist her own sculptor to create the statue. It's con...

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Dedicating a monument to an eminent member of a Cambridge college should be a simple matter of course, but plans for a statue honouring Sir Percival Biggs-Brookby are far from set in stone and the committee face many obstacles to decision-making - not least among themselves.

Rosy Gilchrist and her sidekicks, Felix Smythe and Professor Cedric Dillworthy, are visiting Cambridge to attend preparations for the unveiling of a statue. But plans for the statue are far from set in stone, and the meddling Gloria is determined to see it created by another artist. It's inconvenient, then, when he turns up dead...

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Rosy Gilchrist and her sidekicks Felix and Cedric are visiting Cambridge: Rosy to attend a reunion, and Felix and Cedric for the unveiling of a statue. But plans for the statue are far from set in stone, and the meddling Gloria Biggs-Boothby is determined to see it created by another artist. It's inconvenient, then, when he turns up dead...

Rosy Gilchrist has been asked to accompany Lady Fawcett to visit an old school friend in Suffolk. Rather reluctantly Rosy agrees to be her companion on this reunion jaunt. But on arrival at their hostess's house the two guests discover that things are far from normal, and find themselves plunged into a series of bizarre and sinister events.

The latest in the Francis Oughterard series, featuring Francis's sister Primrose as she takes responsibility for her dead brother's cat and dog, and soon finds herself embroiled in murder. "A Little Murder" was shortlisted for the Goldsboro Last Laugh Award.

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Rosy Gilchrist is sent to Venice to find a rare, signed translation of Horace's Odes by the late Dr Bodger. Rosy jumps at the chance to fit some sightseeing around work, but the holiday plans go on hold when she learns that there is a significant bounty prize for anyone who finds this valuable text. Finding herself in the midst of a cat-and-mouse chase, Rosy's rivals will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get their hands on the book...

London, early 1950s. Marcia Beasley is discovered dead, naked and covered with a coal scuttle and Sergeant Greenleaf must solve the crime. The members of the deceased's social circle all have secrets to hide and grudges to bear. A host of colourful and comic characters hurry to identify the murderer and unravel the mystery of Marcia's life.

Primrose Oughterard, an eccentric artist living in East Sussex, has recently taken custody of her dead brother's cat and dog. The arrangement results in a number of questionable entanglements including the usual mishaps of murder, foiled intentions, concealment of evidence...

Rosy Gilchrist has been asked to accompany Lady Fawcett to visit an old school friend in Suffolk. Rather reluctantly Rosy agrees to be her companion on this reunion jaunt. But on arrival at their hostess's house the two guests discover that things are far from normal, and find themselves plunged into a series of bizarre and sinister events.

This dry, funny British gem will have readers laughing and eagerly awaiting the next episode'--Publishers Weekly

1960. Lady Fawcett is eager to vet her daughter Amy's current beau, aspiring film director Bartholomew Hackle, but the unambiguous death by gunshot of a female cast member brings a drama to proceedings lacking in the film itself, and the gang find themselves at the centre of a murder mystery in which further victims may face the cut.