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Rent Police at the Funeral (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries) (Albert Campion Mysteries)
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
Published: Feb 2006
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Retail Price: $14.95
Pages: 290
Synopsis
The imperious Caroline Faraday runs her house like a Victorian fiefdom, unconcerned with the fact that it's 1931. Furniture and meals are heavy and elaborate, both motorcars and morning tea are forbidden on account of vulgarity. The Faraday children - now well into middle age - chafe at the restrictions, but with no money of their own, they respond primarily by quarreling amongst themselves. Their endless squabbling is tedious but nothing more until one of them turns up missing and then dead, followed shortly by his petulant, whining sister. Though neither will be much missed, decency demands that Caroline Faraday hire the nearly respectable Albert Campion to investigate their untimely ends. Unfortunately, what Mr. Campion discovers will force the modern world relentlessly into Mrs. Faraday's stuffy Victorian parlor.
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