Author: Emily Brightwell Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories:
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ISBNs: 9781472121561 9780425160930 1472121562 |
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Inspector Witherspoon is Scotland Yard's top detective when it comes to solving messy or strange murders. No one really understands how the quiet, unassuming man of inherited wealth went from records file clerk to the leading murder detective with no unsolved crimes in his career. They don't realize that unbeknownst to him, that he has an entire crew working behind the scenes to help him find the answers! Meet Mrs. Jeffries, the inspector's housekeeper and the brains behind his astounding success; along with Mrs. Goodge, the cook; Wiggins, the footman; Betsy, the maid; Smythe, the coachman; and Luty Belle Crookshank, a wealthy American and her Butler, Hatchet, who have become close friends with the Inspector's household staff. Murderers in Victorian England don't stand a chance of getting away with their crimes with this crew hunting them down!Was the murder of Hannah Cameron a burglary gone wrong or an actual murder for some other reason. Was it her husband, her half-brother, the female guest staying overnight, the governess, an actual burglar or someone else? As Mrs. Jeffries and the Inspector's household members work behind the scenes to help the Inspector find out the truth, they are also working to stay out sight of Inspector Nivens who is assisting on the case. Nivens is an expert on burglaries but too sure of himself when it comes to actual murders! Will Niven's theory about a burglar being interrupted and killing Mrs. Cameron accidentally be correct or will Inspector Witherspoon prove it was a murder for someone's personal gain?
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