Brown Eric - Murder Served Cold - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The theft of a painting takes crime - writer sleuth Donald Langham to a country house full of seething tensions resentment and dark secrets. November 1956. Lord Elsmere an old friend of Donald Langham's literary agent Charles Elder is in a pickle - his favourite painting a Gainsborough has been stolen from under his nose. What's more there's no evidence of a break - in. The family heirloom was recently re - insured for a hefty price and Elsmere is struggling financially. Could he have staged the theft or was it taken by one of the guests? Old Major Rutherford evasive beauty Rebecca Miles Dutch war hero Patrick Verlinden Elsmere's son Dudley Mariner and his statuesque sculpture fianc e Esmeralda Bellamy are all guests at the manor. But who would steal the painting and why? Private investigators Langham and Ralph Ryland take on the case and soon uncover seething animosities jealousy secrets and deception before events take a shocking turn.
Title: Murder Served Cold
Author(s): Brown Eric
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781847519764
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 2/4/2020
Series: A Langham & Dupre Mystery
Category: Crime & Mystery