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Bezig met laden... Dinner Most Deadlydoor Sheri Cobb South
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Who shot the perfidious Lord? Lots of candidates are available with both reason and opportunity. As previously in this fun series; the crime causes Julia and John to partner again in resolving the mystery. Will they annul or consummate; the plot thickens? ( ) Emily, Lady Dunnington, friend to Julia, Lady Fieldhurst, arranged a dinner party for her friend. She believes that Julia needs a lover and invites prospects. But the evening ends early and one of the gentlemen is dead. Certainly be better for the continuing 'mystery' series if Pickett got over and forgot Lady Fieldhurst, it would make for better stories. But still an enjoyable story Bow Street Runner John Pickett returns to London and learns that according to Scottish law he is married to Lady Julia Fieldhurst. In Scotland all it takes is to announce to witnesses that they are married. Because of their different stations in life she pursues an annulment. Meanwhile at a dinner party at Julia's friend, Lady Dunnington's home, a shooting takes place and of course it's up to John Pickett from Bow Street to solve the crime. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: When Julia, Lady Fieldhurst, returns from her sojourn in Scotland restless and out of sorts, her friend Emily, Lady Dunnington, decides what Julia needs is a lover. Lady Dunnington plans a dinner party with carefully selected male guests from whom Julia may choose a paramour. Emily also invites a potential lover for herself: Sir Reginald Montague, a man whose urbane manner and dangerous good looks hide a host of unsavory secrets. Alas, Emily's little dinner is a disaster from the outset. Every gentleman at the table bears some unspoken grudge against Sir Reginald, and then dinner is interrupted by Emily's estranged husband. He and Emily have a heated discussion that ends with Lord Dunnington's vowing to put a stop to his wife's pursuit of Sir Reginald "no matter what it takes." But the coup de grâce comes at the end of the evening, when Sir Reginald is shot dead. Bow Street Runner John Pickett is summoned to Emily's house, where he is taken aback to find Julia. For in addition to investigating the case, he is faced with the awkward task of informing her that their masquerade as a married couple in Scotland has resulted in their being legally wed. Beset by distractionsâ??not least the humiliating annulment process and the flattering attentions of Lady Dunnington's pretty young housemaidâ??Pickett must find the killer of a man whom everyone has reason to want de Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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