The Pigeon Pie Mystery: A Novel
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品牌: Julia Stuart
基本信息出版社:Doubleday (2012年8月7日)精装:304页正文语种:英语ISBN:0385535562条形码:9780385535564商品重量:472 gASIN:0385535562您想告诉我们您发现了更低的价格?
商品描述内容简介Julia Stuart returns in her follow-up to the bestsellingThe Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoisewith this clever murder mystery set in Victorian England, brimming with her signature charm and fabulous characters.
When Indian Princess Alexandrina is left penniless by the sudden death of her father, the Maharaja of Brindor, Queen Victoria grants her a grace-and-favor home in Hampton Court Palace. Though rumored to be haunted, Alexandrina and her lady's maid, Pooki, have no choice but to take the Queen up on her offer.
Aside from the ghost sightings, Hampton Court doesn't seem so bad. The princess is soon befriended by three eccentric widows who invite her to a picnic with all the palace's inhabitants, for which Pooki bakes a pigeon pie. But when General-Major Bagshot dies after eating said pie, and the coroner finds traces of arsenic in his body, Pooki becomes the #1 suspect in a murder investigation.
Princess Alexandrina isn't about to let her faithful servant hang. She begins an investigation of her own, and discovers that Hampton Court isn't such a safe place to live after all.
With her trademark wit and charm, Julia Stuart introduces us to an outstanding cast of lovable oddballs, from the palace maze-keeper to the unconventional Lady Beatrice (who likes to dress up as a toucan—don't ask), as she guides us through the many delightful twists and turns in this fun and quirky murder mystery. Everyone is hiding a secret of the heart, and even Alexandrina may not realize when she's caught in a maze of love.作者简介JULIA STUART is an award-winning journalist and the author of two previous novels,The Tower, The Zoo, and the TortoiseandThe Matchmaker of Perigord. She lives in London.