Mrs. Malory and the Fatal Legacy (Mrs. Malory Mystery) - Softcover

Holt, Hazel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451200020 ISBN 13: 9780451200020

Publisher: Signet, 2000

Synopsis

Sheila Malory's job as executor of a bestselling novelist's estate is complicated by the fact that she suspects foul play in the writer's death. Original.

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About the Author

Hazel Holt is the author of seven previous Mrs. Malory novels. She was a personal friend and literary advisor to Barbara Pym, and the author of Pym?s official biography. A former television critic and feature writer, she lives in Somerset, England.

From Publishers Weekly

Sheila Malory, amateur sleuth, novelist and critic, is happiest writing in her home outside London and spending time with her family. On one of her occasional trips to the capital, she sees her old college friend Beth, a bestselling author, along with several of their acquaintances. Soon after, Beth is found dead, apparently of an accidental drug overdose. Mrs. Malory is named literary executor of Beth's work, and she embarks on the task of reviewing her friend's unpublished manuscripts and speaking with the widower and children, not an enjoyable undertaking as both Beth and her husband were involved in love affairs and estranged from their children. For a time, Mrs. Malory assumes that she'll be able to put Beth's papers in order and perhaps write a biography of her friend, but these plans end when a researcher working on a critique of Beth's work is murdered. Now it's up to the heroine to find out if the two deaths are related and sort out the sordid details of Beth's life and demise. Mrs. Malory's demure manner belies a skilled detective who's clever, witty and most entertaining; Holt's (Death of a Dean) latest is a fine addition to the charming series. (Apr.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Signet
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0451200020
• ISBN 13: 9780451200020
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256