A Death in the Family (Euphemia Martins Mystery 1) - A wonderfully witty wartime mystery

'A sparkling and witty crime debut with a female protagonist to challenge Miss Marple." Lin Anderson, Award winning Scottish crime author A Death in the Family - Book One of the Euphemia Martin Mysteries In December 1909 the Very Rev Joshia Martins expires in a dish of mutton and onions leaving his family on the brink of destitution. Abandoned by her noble grandfather, Joshia's daughter, the eighteen year old Euphemia, takes it on herself to provide for her mother and little brother by entering service. She's young, fit, intelligent, a little naive and assumes the life of a maid won't be too demanding. However, on her first day at the unhappy home of Lord Stapleford she discovers a dead body. Euphemia's innate sense of justice has her prying where no servant should look and uncovering some Stapleford secrets...

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Dunford, Dunford Caroline
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.02.2013
• EAN: 9781909520998
• ISBN: 978-1-909520-99-8
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: A Euphemia Martins Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical mysteries, Historical fiction, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Classic crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, cozy crime; female sleuth