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Informationen zum Autor Born Mary Christianna Milne in the Far East in 1907! Christianna Brand grew up in India before returning to England. Death in High Heels! her debut novel! was published in 1941. In the same year Heads You Lose was published and featured one of her best-loved characters! Inspector Cockrill! who went on to appear in seven of her novels. Green for Danger is perhaps Christianna Brand's most famous novel and was made into a film in 1946 starring Alastair Sim. She was nominated three times for an Edgar Award and was also the author of the children's series Nurse Matilda! which was recently adapted into the film Nanny McPhee. Christianna Brand died in 1988. Klappentext Pigeonsford Estate is playing host to a group of close friends when one of their number! Grace Morland! is found dead in a ditch. The murder is made even more unusual by the fact that Grace was wearing her friend Francesca's hat! the same hat that only the day before she'd claimed she wouldn't be caught dead wearing. Zusammenfassung Pigeonsford Estate is playing host to a group of close friends when one of their member! Grace Morland! is found dead in a ditch. The murder is made even more unusual by the fact that Grace was wearing her friend Francesca's hat! the same hat that only the day before she'd claimed she wouldn't be caught dead wearing.
