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An Appetite for Murder
An Appetite for Murder

An Appetite for Murder

A Frances Doughty Mystery 4

The Frances Doughty Mysteries

FICTION

288 Pages, 4.9 x 7.8

Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket

Trade Paper, $14.95 (US $14.95) (CA $17.95)

Publication Date: April 2014

ISBN 9780750954440

Rights: US & CA

The History Press (Apr 2014)
The Mystery Press

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Overview

The sudden death of overweight 49-year-old Thomas Whibley sparks off an acrimonious furore in Bayswater, and sparks fly between rival diet doctors, vegetarians and the extremist Pure Food Society. Young sleuth Frances Doughty is engaged to discover the author of anonymous libels, when a former colleague of Whibley’s, Hubert Sweetman, who has served fourteen years in prison for a violent robbery he claims he did not commit, asks her to trace his estranged family. Before she can start, however, the police arrive and arrest her client for the murder of his wife. There will be more murders and a vicious attack on Frances before she finally resolves a number of knotty questions. Is Hubert Sweetman really innocent? Where are his missing children? And who wielded the poisoned pen?The fourth book in the popular Frances Doughty Mystery series.

Reviews

"A winning series. . . . The story unfolds slowly and deliberately and aptly demonstrates the author's awareness of Victorian society's mores. Her wit will reward readers who stay with the elaborate plot."  —Library Journal on The Daughters of Gentlemen

"Her adventures as a detective, and the slowly unraveling evidence of multiple crimes in a murky Victorian setting, make for a gripping read."  —Historical Novels Review on The Poisonous Seed