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Fiction Women Sleuths

A Killer's Christmas in Wales

A Penny Brannigan Mystery

by (author) Elizabeth J. Duncan

Publisher
Minotaur
Initial publish date
Oct 2011
Category
Women Sleuths
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780312622831
    Publish Date
    Oct 2011
    List Price
    $28.99

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Description

As the townsfolk of the Welsh valley town of Llanelen settle in for the snowiest winter in twenty-five years, an American stranger arrives. Harry Saunders charms the ladies, one of them in particular: Evelyn Lloyd, the town's former postmistress, who was left comfortably off after the death of her husband. After Mrs. Lloyd invests a good deal of money with him, Harry goes missing, as does her money. His body is soon discovered outside the walls of Conwy Castle, and Mrs. Lloyd is implicated inthe murder.

Although Penny Brannigan and her business partner, Victoria Hopkirk, are busy overseeing the grand opening of their new spa, that doesn't stop Mrs. Lloyd from desperately seeking Penny's help to prove her innocence. It's quite possible that Harry made other enemies while in Llanelen and Penny's investigation unfolds while she juggles her work at the spa, her growing relationship with Detective Inspector Davies, and the Christmas window competition that she signed up to judge.

WithA Killer's Christmas in Wales, Elizabeth J. Duncan delivers a delightful holiday-themed mystery.

About the author

ELIZABETH J. DUNCAN teaches writing and communication planning in the Public Relations program at Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. She lives in Toronto.

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Editorial Reviews

Praise for A BRUSH WITH DEATH:
"The follow-up to the award-winning The Cold Light of Mourning is sure to appeal to fans of M.C. Beaton and Agatha Christie." --Library Journal
"Duncan's second is every bit as delightful as her debut...a smoothly written classic English mystery right up there with the best." --Kirkus Reviews

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