As the case begins to look like a matter of national security, Lady Hardcastle takes advice from her brother in the secret service. Arthur Conan Doyle also has Watson refer to Sherlock Holmes cases that we're never shown, but the Lady Hardcastle books really double down on that conceit, referring to many aspects and results of the untold tale. BiblioCore: app17 Version 9. But the most powerful selling tool is word-of-mouth. Light period mysteries, written well, and full of a (mostly dry), tongue-in-cheek sense of humor. Christmas at The Grange.
Lady Hardcastle and Flo make a great duo in solving crime in their little town. But things take a macabre turn when the first night's screening ends with a mysterious murder, and the second night with another…One by one the actors turn up dead in ways that eerily echo their film. Digital Content FAQs. Jacket cover images copied to clipboard. In Stock At Supplier. Colored I, Reviewer. This action by book retailers seems to me to be rather foolish. Table 19 is a comedy about the wedding guests who are assigned seats at the absolute worst table at the reception. Then Act Two opens with a body on stage-a real one. I enjoy that the author takes the time to make sure the historical period and setting are colored in. Florence grew up in a circus family, which gave her considerable expertise in various kinds of cons and disguises; and when she accompanied Lady Hardcastle to China and India, where Lady Hardcastle was involved in something like diplomacy and/or espionage, and where her husband was murdered, Florence managed to pick up some serious martial arts training, so that even though she is a tiny slip of a woman, she can take care of herself with thugs who think they can easily overpower her. But just as they're wavering between ice creams and donkey rides, their fellow guests start to go missing-and the duo find themselves with a hysterical hotel manager an... d a case to solve. Indeed, Lady Hardcastle has promised Flo their adventures were behind them. The first book in each series is displayed.
By the time the movie's over, we the audience are glad we got assigned to the losers' table, because we like them better than anybody else at the wedding. How to Get A Book Published. And now I've gone ahead and told you, so I guess I will bore you with that story after all. And I won't get back to Greensboro in time to see it. There are so many reveals in this movie that I really can't tell you more about the plot except this: Everybody has a kind of a happy ending, except Walter Thimple, who goes back to his horrible roommate in the halfway house he's incarcerated in. I have a new favorite mystery series! Truly one of my favorite authors and series. Can Lady Hardcastle find the culprit before someone else falls down dead? Fun, not just for me, but for everyone else in the restaurant/movie theater/airplane.
Death Around the Bend – September 1909, Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, have been invited to Lord Riddlethorpe's country estate for a week of motor racing and parties. The dynamic between Flo and Lady Hardcastle is the best part of the book, by far, but both characters have a way about them that ingratiates them into the good will of those around them, particularly their neighbors, and the police inspector assigned to work the murder case. 9 books in this series. Lady Emily Hardcastle is celebratin…. Emily Hardcastle and her inimitable l…. YouTube Title Generator. It is plain that he was poisoned, but the police laboratory can't determine what the poison was, and Hardcastle and Tiny Servant can't figure out how it was administered. Quite a few twists and turns, and a red herring or two, before the reveal. So we decided to take a chance on a comedy that nobody has heard of because it isn't being promoted with insanely expensive trailers on TV. T. E. Kinsey Biography.
I love the dynamic duo of double trouble with Lady Hardcastle & Florence Armstrong. But could there be an even more personal connection at play? The amateur sleuths are at it again; settle in to your chair, relax and follow the clues. I don't think I would recommend Rotten to the Core to someone unfamiliar with the books.
T E Kinsey grew up in London and read history at Bristol University. However, her relaxed life will not last for long and it seems that fate has different plans for her, because a corpse has been found in the country and Lady Hardcastle suspects the police in charge of the investigation is not going in the proper direction. We are thrilled to know! Without spoiling the plot for anyone else, I'm just going to say that as Evelyn was using her crime board I was also ticking boxes in my mind. 363. published 2020. There are red herrings and suspects galore in this outing, indeed, maybe a few too many. This wouldn't have been a five star book no matter if the mystery would have been riveting. Pages: 334, paperback. Book Reviews By A Geek. Caroline D, Reviewer. Museum and Park Passes. Armed with wit and whimsy, not to mention Florence's mean right hook, the pair set out to discover what really happened and why. This is my prelude to the fact that last Friday, I felt better.
Lady Hardcastle and her tireless sideki…. The time of the first book in the series is 1908. Community-created list.
As maid of honor, she had helped the bride to make the table assignments, so when, after she breaks up with the best man (Wyatt Russell) and quits as maid of honor, she knows exactly what it means to be assigned a place at Table 19. Then there's the married couple -- Lisa Kudrow and Craig Robinson -- who are competitors of the bride's family in the restaurant business. Yes, Amazon will also profit -- but losing some sales in Barnes & Noble won't exactly bankrupt Amazon. Friends' recommendations. Fortunately, we live in an age where it's only about an hour and a half after a movie leaves the theaters before it pops up as a DVD or streaming from one source or another.
I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the ebook. Read them in order if you can—watching the two protagonists and supporting characters evolve gives the story that much more depth. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer. Which led to Christie's Miss Marple mysteries -- which either created or popularized the entire "cozy" subgenre. But when one of the drivers dies in a crash during the very first race, they discover that what seemed like an uncharacteristic error in judgment may have a more sinister explanation….
Usually, each individual book in a mystery series can be read as standalone, but at some point, starting out that far out in a series becomes visible, and it can be akin to crashing an ongoing party. A Quiet Life in the Country Publisher's Summary. A Dizzy Heights Mystery #1. And not only that, but the banter was full of affection between the two leads. That's why books have attractive covers, to catch the eye.
Like getting an old man's sneeze. Lady Rample Steps Out (Book 1). About the Book"Summer 1911. Capital Bond Projects. Suffice it to say that Ender Wiggin has a brief appearance in Children of the Fleet, and Colonel Graff, now the Minister of Colonization, is also a major player. It follows Florence "Flo" Armstrong, our narrator, who is a servant of the Lady Emily Hardcastle, but she and her employer have a singular relationship.