Mrs Pargeter's Plot (Worldwide Library Mysteries) - Softcover

Simon Brett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0373263228 ISBN 13: 9780373263226

Publisher: Worldwide Library, 1999

Synopsis

Mrs. Pargeter begins building her dream house on the land left to her by her late husband, but construction is delayed when a body is discovered in her wine cellar and her builder is arrested for murder. Reprint.

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Review:

Melita Pargeter, the genteel heroine of Simon Brett's series of whimsical cozies, is hardly your typical moll. Then again, the late Mr. Pargeter was considered (by his criminal cohorts, at least) a veritable prince among men. Now that he is gone (while his fortune lives on), Mrs. Pargeter decides to use some of her inheritance to build a country home. For such a large undertaking, Mrs. P. turns to someone she can trust, an old friend of her husband's who sports the moniker "Concrete Jacket." Despite his best intentions to keep on the straight and narrow while in Mrs. Pargeter's employ, it isn't long before Concrete finds himself in hot water when a corpse turns up in the wine cellar--to his dismay, all the evidence points to him. Before the cell door can slam behind him, the redoubtable Mrs. Pergeter is on the case, aided by the shadiest bunch of do-gooders this side of Robin Hood's Merry Men. Good writing, hilarious plot twists, and great characters make Mrs.Pargeter's Plot loads of fun.

About the Author:

Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full-time. He is the author of the much-loved Fethering mysteries, Charles Paris series and the Mrs Pargeter novels. In 2014 he was awarded the Crime Writers' Association's prestigious Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence and contribution to crime writing, and in 2016 was awarded an OBE for his services to literature. He lives in an Agatha Christie-style village in the South Downs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Worldwide Library
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0373263228
• ISBN 13: 9780373263226
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252