Grace under pressure
Everyone wants a piece of millionaire Bennett Marshfield, owner of Marshfield Manor, but now it's up to a new curator Grace Wheaton and handsome groundskeeper Jack Embers to protect dear old Marshfield. But to do this, they'll have to investigate a botched Ponzi scheme, some torrid Wheaton family secrets-and sour grapes out for revenge.
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Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. |
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Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 0425235211
- ISBN: 9780425235218
- Physical Description 310 pages.
- Edition Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
- Publisher New York : Berkley Pub. Group, [2010]
- Copyright ©2010
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General Note: | "Berkley Prime Crime." "Berkley Prime Crime mystery"--Spine. "A Manor house mystery"--Cover. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 9.99 |
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Grace under Pressure
Publishers Weekly
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Launching the Manor of Murder series with plenty of thrills and laughs, Hyzy (the White House Chef mysteries) creates the well-researched and believable estate of Marshfield Manor, part mansion and part museum. As assistant curator Grace Wheaton is handling a loud disturbance in the tea room, gunshots ring out from the fourth floor. Head curator Abe is killed, and the murderer mysteriously vanishes from the study. When billionaire Bennett Marshfield reveals that he's been receiving threatening letters from someone who might be the killer, Grace undertakes an amateur investigation, which includes looking into a local Ponzi scheme and her own family secrets. Well-drawn characters like busybody secretary Frances, handsome landscape architect Jack, and stalking wannabe PI Ronny are supported by lively subplots, laying series groundwork to rival Marshfield Manor's own elaborate structure. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved