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The Saint Valentine's Day Murders

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"The plotting and the mechanics of the solution are in the best traditions of the classic British mystery...Try not to miss this one." —New York Times

Life in a dismal bureaucratic cul-de-sac is not what Robert Amiss expects when the British civil service lends him for a year to the British Conservation Corporation. In fact, he finds himself condemned to a non-job in a backwater, managing disgruntled and demoralized timeservers who deeply resent him. Morale is not improved by the arrival of Melissa, a radical feminist lesbian separatist. Only Amiss's sense of humour and the joys of visiting Rachel, his new love in Paris, keep him sane.

The malice, envy and anger that burgeons among the filing cabinets is first expressed in pettiness and then in unpleasant practical jokes. Then it escalates and finally culminates in callous murder by means of boxes of poisoned chocolates sent to the bureaucrats' wives.

With the help of Ellis Pooley, a young detective obsessed with fictional sleuths, Amiss and his friend, Superintendent Milton, search for motives in an office where marital discord and broken dreams might drive anyone to murder.


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Series: Robert Amiss/Baroness Jack Troutbeck Mystery Publisher: Sourcebooks

Kindle Book

  • Release date: October 24, 2007

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781615950652
  • Release date: October 24, 2007

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781615950652
  • File size: 970 KB
  • Release date: October 24, 2007

Open EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781615950652
  • File size: 965 KB
  • Release date: October 24, 2007

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
Open EPUB ebook

Languages

English

"The plotting and the mechanics of the solution are in the best traditions of the classic British mystery...Try not to miss this one." —New York Times

Life in a dismal bureaucratic cul-de-sac is not what Robert Amiss expects when the British civil service lends him for a year to the British Conservation Corporation. In fact, he finds himself condemned to a non-job in a backwater, managing disgruntled and demoralized timeservers who deeply resent him. Morale is not improved by the arrival of Melissa, a radical feminist lesbian separatist. Only Amiss's sense of humour and the joys of visiting Rachel, his new love in Paris, keep him sane.

The malice, envy and anger that burgeons among the filing cabinets is first expressed in pettiness and then in unpleasant practical jokes. Then it escalates and finally culminates in callous murder by means of boxes of poisoned chocolates sent to the bureaucrats' wives.

With the help of Ellis Pooley, a young detective obsessed with fictional sleuths, Amiss and his friend, Superintendent Milton, search for motives in an office where marital discord and broken dreams might drive anyone to murder.


Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Sourcebooks

    Kindle Book
    Release date: October 24, 2007

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781615950652
    Release date: October 24, 2007

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781615950652
    File size: 970 KB
    Release date: October 24, 2007

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781615950652
    File size: 965 KB
    Release date: October 24, 2007

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    Open EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
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